Thank God For Dial Up - feel free to spam!

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Mon Apr 29, 2002 4:27 pm

Originally posted by T'lainya

LOL Ysh, I imagine we have quite a bit of duplication though

There is always that probability...but think of the possibility that we don't!!

T'lainya · Post by **T'lainya** » Mon Apr 29, 2002 4:29 pm

LMAO CD listening party!

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Mon Apr 29, 2002 4:51 pm

Originally posted by T'lainya

LMAO CD listening party!

Long distance CD listening party!

T'lainya · Post by **T'lainya** » Mon Apr 29, 2002 4:52 pm

Yay

Shall we alternate cds?

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Mon Apr 29, 2002 4:54 pm

LMAO!

Sounds great - you start, and I will try to find the next that doesn't pre-empt your own

Ned Flanders · Post by **Ned Flanders** » Mon Apr 29, 2002 5:00 pm

well Ysh, keep hankering on your new providers. ADSL is rough to get going but once it is up, it is pretty solid. Conceptually, it is a great idea. It took me a while to get mine going. Granted, there were errors on both ends. stick with it. good luck.

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Mon Apr 29, 2002 5:05 pm

@Ned - thanks

I have taken the bait, I just need it to be consistent - and hopefully this week it will be

For now, I have thankfully a back up, oh! and check your PM

Ode to a Grasshopper · Mon Apr 29, 2002 11:03 pm

Considering that the AOL system automatically scans your emails and any sites you visit and notifies the authorities if they have any reference to anything illegal or even 'immoral' (a site on how to make explosives, mention of drugs or sex in an email, etc), and yet they somehow neglect to mention it to their customers, I would avoid AOL simply on moral grounds. This invasion of privacy is justified by AOL under the rationale that they are a "family" ISP, and hence it is their responsibility to spy on you.

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Tue Apr 30, 2002 6:42 am

@Ode, my dial up is AOL and I have been with them for four years. My ADSL (curiously back online today) is Pipex

. So what do you have to hide from AOL then?

I was not aware that they scanned, but I haven't yet been visited by the authorities

What I do miss of AOL, I must say, is the different sign ons it allows you - and their parental controls feature. I am yet to work out with my new provider how my six year old can safely surf the net without limiting the adults in the house...with only one sign on it appears that the limitations have to be done through Internet Explorer, and apply to anyone who uses the account.

Ode to a Grasshopper · Tue Apr 30, 2002 6:52 am

Originally posted by Yshania
So what do you have to hide from AOL then?

I could tell you, but then I'd be forced to kill you.

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Tue Apr 30, 2002 7:00 am

*hug* @Ysh Never trust BT, they're a load of incompetent morons, and it's always their fault

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Tue Apr 30, 2002 7:03 am

@Ode LOL!

@Georgi - so I am finding out

I think it is jealousy that I didn't take their ADSL package - despite all the other business they get from me

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Tue Apr 30, 2002 7:15 am

Originally posted by Yshania
I think it is jealousy that I didn't take their ADSL package

No, it's just general incompetence... as my friends who have their ADSL package tell me (and I know their dialup service sucks)

One of my friends was talking to a BT operative to set up his ADSL account, and when asked what username he wanted, asked for (name changed here) john_smith. Reasonable enough. When he got his confirmation email, his username was johnunderscoresmith...

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Tue Apr 30, 2002 7:46 am

Originally posted by Georgi

No, it's just general incompetence... as my friends who have their ADSL package tell me (and I know their dialup service sucks) One of my friends was talking to a BT operative to set up his ADSL account, and when asked what username he wanted, asked for (name changed here) john_smith. Reasonable enough. When he got his confirmation email, his username was johnunderscoresmith...

LMAO!