On Sat, 11 Aug 2001, Bob Tanner wrote: > So, are there any Telco or Cable modem providers that don't suck? Not that I'm aware of. Here in St. Cloud I used to go through Local Link. They have better support and competitive rates with Qwest, but last I checked no DSL (the typical "DSL coming soon in your area" for the last 3 years). If they had DSL Local Link would be ok. Then one day I happened to be digging through the dumpster outside their building for something else and I discovered reams of paper which appeared to be logs of their TNs, aka who's calling who. If I knew my TN I could have had my entire phone bill, and so could anyone else who wanted to figure it out. So much for them. Verizon sucks. Qworst is a given. All cable service sucks because in order for a cable modem to work you need the cable installers (clueless) to install the cable hardware and a PC tech (usually doesn't understand networking past what their sheet tells them) to make the end to end connection. Took 2 months for my cable modem to work properly. Now it's saturated with CR/CRII/CRIII hits and my service is degrading slowly. I miss DSL :-( In all fairness, I've never had service outages with Qworst. I have with other phone companies that I've tried. I know that if my service does go out though that it'll be a long, uphill struggle to get it back. Amyway, all providers suck. -Brian