Re: Souper vs. "doing it the old-fashioned way"

Dirk A. Loedding (judge@america.net)
Wed, 04 Dec 1996 09:30:34 -0500

In article <9mMpyUNOfWcU092yn@wwa.com>,
debraw@wwa.com (Debra Walker) wrote:

>That's right. After all, if you are talking to a customer service rep,
>then he/she may not know a hell of a lot about unix and the like.

So I've noticed.

>if and when you have the time, perhaps you should ask about the
>person's position when you call the ISP for info. Just a suggestion...

And a good one, it is.

>I see. But, locally or otherwise, do any of those ISP's have Web
>sites? If so, then, perhaps, you can get a better picture of what
>services they have to offer.

The web sites have been my primary means of research. Unfortunately,
few of them seem to have the information I look for, such as whether or
not they provide shell accounts, or whether or not they have UQWK.

>In my area, there is a Web site that is
>devoted to local ISP's, and it is impartial in its description and
>analysis of the features of each of them. One can look at charts, and,
>at a glance, make comparisons. IMHO, this makes things a lot easier
>when one is shopping around for an ISP.

That would be wonderful, if such a thing existed around here. And, it's
quite possible that something like that *does* exist here, but I haven't
been able to find it yet.

>I am glad to hear that you are able to work with Souper, and I can
>understand how time constraints can keep you from shopping around for
>an ISP.

As I mentioned before, the archives for this list were quite helpful in
getting me up and running with Souper.

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