THey're also the ones that bought the sco license.
Not that this really matters, just a bit of trivia
Ric Fischer spoke forth with the blessed manuscript:
> Hi FoulDragon (aka Stinky Lizard? or Sour Draco? or is it Petulant Scaled-One?),
>
> I'm a broad-band guy. I'm also a consultant and have had a number of
> clients ask for recommendations of a dialup service so they can travel
> and be connected.
>
> So far, none of them have gone screaming into the night when I've told
> them about EV1.net[1]. I just checked and they claim to have a large
> usenet server.
>
> Their dialup price is pretty good, too, at only $10.00 a month. Take a
> look at their dialup page[2].
>
> I don't know if they "speak" linux, yet. But, since their connection
> method is fairly standard (PPP), so it should be easy for you. Oops! I
> stand corrected. I just browsed their support page and saw a RedHat
> connection tutorial[3].
>
> Anyway, I think this would be a good choice for you. They've been
> around for a few years. Their "About Us" page[4] says they started
> operations in December 1998.
>
> Anyway, no complaints from my clients.
>
> [1] http://www.ev1.net/
>
> [2] http://www.ev1.net/english/dialup/
>
> [3] http://my.ev1.net/english/support/setup/linux.asp
>
> [4] http://www.ev1.net/english/about/
>
>
> --
> Ric Fischer
>
>
> On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 15:14:10 EST, FoulDragon@aol.com <FoulDragon@aol.com> wrote:
> >
> > My *()#**%^ ISP has decided it no longer wants to carry Usenet at all.
> > Service HAD been spotty, now it's officially "to be cancelled early 2005"
> > (Gosh, we're only paying ten dollars more than we ned to, how dare we expect
> > service)
> >
> > I love this: They reccomend that their clients (20 million, many of which
> > can barely find the on switch) go hassle Google Groups instead.
> >
> > So I think they may have lost themselves a customer.
> >
> > I get the impression it's no longer a "sexy" feature for promotion, and that
> > some other providers either farm it out or don't offer it, so who can you
> > reccomend (ideally, platform agnostic) who will do the right thing.
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