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From: "Jess Armantrout" <armantrout@wo*.at*.ne*>
To: <Jsuw@ao*.co*>, <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Cc: <SMCARY@mi*.co*>, <TheNerd@ao*.co*>, <cobber@ci*.co*>
Subject: Re: ISPs
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 14:35:35 -0500
anybody who uses AOL and frequents chat rooms is a huge stroke.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jsuw@ao*.co* <Jsuw@ao*.co*>
To: techdiver@aquanaut.com <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Cc: SMCARY@mi*.co* <SMCARY@mi*.co*>; TheNerd@ao*.co*
<TheNerd@ao*.co*>; cobber@ci*.co* <cobber@ci*.co*>
Date: Monday, April 26, 1999 2:27 PM
Subject: ISPs


>In a message dated 4/26/99 11:49:55 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>SMCARY@MI*.CO* writes:
>
>> They don't have them...like the rest of us they left AOL becuase it sucks
as
>>  an ISP.
>
>Obviously I am also using AOL as an ISP.  It may not be the greatest but it
>does have a few good points.
>
>1. I can access it around the country when I travel.  In most locations, it
>is a local call.
>
>2. I have made a few friends in the scuba chat room.  Some of whom I have
>actually dived with!  (Laugh if you like, but I've enjoyed talking with
some
>of the other divers.)
>
>Like any ISP, it also offers:
>
>1. Access to the internet.
>
>2. A private email address, not connected to my employer.
>
>Does my choice of ISP really say anything about me as a diver or as a
person?
> I thought it was a way to access the web before I had access through work.
>I liked it better than Prodigy, GEnie, and Compuserve.  Before it was
>available elsewhere, I liked the Instant Messaging capability it offered.
It
>still suits my current needs for an ISP, and my friends know this email
>address.  I see no reason to change.  It's a means to an end.  That's all.
>
>J.Sitchin
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