[Cialug] Des Moines Area ISPs

[Dave Weis]

On Tue, 12 Apr 2005, Jon Clemons wrote:
> I use Marshallnet because the poor owner
> has a cardboard box home under the bridge
> because Qwest charges too much for services:)
> To make matters worse the management at
> InternetSolver quit throwing their empty pop cans
> in the dumpster so his weekly salary was cut in half:)

I heard they don't even drink pop any more, just sulphiric acid half an 
hour before he wakes up dead 2 hours before he goes to sleep.

> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Theron Conrey" <theron@conrey.org>
> To: <cialug@cialug.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 12:18 PM
> Subject: [Cialug] Des Moines Area ISPs
>
>
>> Fellow Lugites:
>> 
>> I, like many of you, run servers out of my home.   I have a mail and web 
>> server, and I guess my mythtv qualifies as a server, as I remotely can 
>> schedule recordings via apache, so reading slashdot's link today: 
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/12/ifpi_drafts_code_of_conduct/
>> rattled me in my socks. 
>> After comcast's leaving a bad taste in my mouth in NJ i swore never to be 
>> bogged down by such a repressive eula (You saw him repressing me didn't 
>> ya?!?!?) and found Freese-Notis here in Des Moines.  Bridged  IP from 
>> Quest, static IP, an agreement that lets me do what I want with my service, 
>> blah blah, blah ISP Nirvana.........
>> 
>> So this question is posed:  What ISP do you use and why?
>> 
>> -Theron
>> 
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Dave Weis
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