From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Dec 20 09:02:19 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id JAA27572 for isp-outgoing; Fri, 20 Dec 1996 09:02:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from buffnet4.buffnet.net (root@buffnet4.buffnet.net [205.246.19.13]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id JAA27561 for ; Fri, 20 Dec 1996 09:02:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from buffnet1.buffnet.net (mmdf@buffnet1.buffnet.net [205.246.19.10]) by buffnet4.buffnet.net (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id RAA19889 for ; Fri, 20 Dec 1996 17:04:08 GMT Received: from buffnet11.buffnet.net by buffnet1.buffnet.net id aa28890; 20 Dec 96 12:11 EST Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 12:11:33 -0500 (EST) From: Steve To: Cliff Addy cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: UUNET vs Netcom In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk We left UUNET for sprint. UUNET had much better customer service, but with sprint we rarily need any customer service whereas with UUNET we did (they dropped alot etc) On Fri, 20 Dec 1996, Cliff Addy wrote: > We need some fast input on any experience of uunet vs netcom. We need to > install a t-1 to our office. There is a vast difference in monthly cost > ($2200 vs 1200) in these two. Obviously, anything *they* say in terms of > uptime, loads, support, etc, wil be glowing. Do any of the ISPs here have > any input on these issues? Is there another provider we should be looking > at. The rush is on because if we go with uunet, we need to beat a monday > deadline on an end-of-year special they're running. > > Thanks so much for any input you can provide :) > > Cliff > >