>I see your point. If you ask a potential candidate for your ISP
>business about UQWK, and they don't have a clue, then that is a major
>warning sign right there.
Yep. Then, you have to consider: Am I talking with a tech support
person, or someone whose knowledge is limited to what pricing plans they
have?
>I don't know anything about the ISP market in your area. But, I do
>know that, in some locations, there is not much competition. So, I
Too much competition here, is the real problem. Too many choices, and
you never know if it's a *real* ISP, or something some yahoo runs out of
his spare bedroom.
>Anyway, I wish you luck in your search :)...
Thanks. I'll need it.
>I noticed this, too. However, I never tried uploading my Souper95
>.newsrc file to my shell account to run the trn/uqwk routine because I
>was not sure if the article numbers in the PC .newsrc matched the ones
>in the .newsrc file of my shell account. You might want to give a
>shot... What the heck? It might work :)... If it does, would you
>please let the rest of us on the list know?
The numbers seem to match up well. The problem will be if my ISP has a
problem with their news server, and resets all the numbers...as has
happened at least a few times.
>Anyway... Good luck to you in your search for a "real" ISP, and in
>your use of souper.
Doing well on the latter, have given up on the former for now. Not
enough time to pursue it, unfortunately.
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