OT: PhoenixDSL / Phoenix Networks

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Guess I WON'T be getting DSL through them
anytime soon!  I don't know what I would
do without alt.sysadmin.recovery!  :)

I wonder if PhoenixDSL are aware that they
can outsource Usenet (ie, news.phoenixdsl.com
would NOT reside on PhoenixDSL hardware).
This is what many ISPs that don't want to
hassle with the current volume of Usenet
typically end up doing.


D

* On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 06:20:35AM -0700, Alan Dayley wrote:
> Yes, PhoenixDSL is the online name for Phoenix Networks.  And yes, they 
> evidently have cut off the newsgroups you mention.  And yes, it is now 
> impossible to get to a human on the support lines because everyone is 
> calling them to complain.
> 
> I know this because I am one customer and I called last night, twice, but 
> still never got to a human.
> 
> Alan
> 
> At 12:39 AM 9/28/00 -0700, you wrote:
> 
> >I went to the PhoenixDSL website, and at the
> >bottom it says "Phoenix Networks."  Is this
> >the same DSL provider that people on this
> >list recommend?  If it is, is the following
> >true?
> >
> >The solution is obvious:  If your business
> >can't or won't provide ISP services, DON'T
> >call yourself an ISP.
> >
> >-=-=-=-=-=-
> >
> >http://www.dslreports.com/
> >
> >PhoenixDSL is upsetting residential customers by
> >cutting off the entire alt. and binary trees of
> >usenet news. Getting between a surfer and their
> >usenet feed can result in nasty cuts, but Phoenix
> >are hanging tough, directing users to the various
> >external web usenet sources instead.
> >
> >
> >
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