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AOL is clunky, slow and in my area is knocks you off at an alarming rate and
is more expensive then mindspring.  I can get a local access number to
Mindspring anytime I wanted to go somewhere.  I can add AOL Instant
Messenger and see both AOL and non-AOL'ers on-line.  I used AOL for about
the last 5 years, my wife likes it and I keep it for her...$4.95 a month is
cheaper then the grief I get when I have to show her how to read the mail
again and again and again (she's barely computer literate...and much happier
then me...hmmmm).

AOL is not an ISP used by many folks who profess to be "computer guru's", as
TheNerd does.  That was the intent of my post...not to slam AOL users.  For
many folks it's a great ISP, for me I prefer a faster more reliable hookup,
with the ability to sort mail, read web pages faster etc.

Sean

-----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 3:05 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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