Clay Fandre wrote: > > Kent Schumacher wrote: > > > > Kent Schumacher wrote: > > > > > > Yaron wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Scott Dier wrote: > > > > > > > > > As part of the agreement, Qwest will shift its 500,000 consumer Internet > > > > > access customers in the 14 states it serves to Microsoft's MSN Internet > > > > > access service. Qwest then will discontinue its own consumer Internet > > > > > service provider (ISP) business this summer. > > > > > > > > Yeesh! Time to switch over to Real-Time! Oh wait (: > > > > > > > > > > I was just thinking about getting a cable modem because of this. How > > > painless would it be to switch to Real-Time? > > > > Whoops, I guess I know what I'm trying to say there, although it's hard > > to see how anyone could guess from what I typed. Let's try again... > > > > I'm thinking of changing my ISP and possibly my connection because of this > > Qwest/MSN nonsense. If I decided to stay with DSL, how painfull would it > > be to switch to Real-Time? > > Actually it's pretty darn easy if you already get DSL service from > Qwest. A friend of mine did the switch from Qwest to Real-time a few > months ago without any problems. My only questions is, why haven't you > guys switched over to Real-time already? We all know they have great > support, you get a block of IPs, and they even give the TCLUG deals from > time-to-time. Plus Bob never sleeps so he's always there to answer your > questions. > > Rumor has it that they're Linux friendly too. ;-) Although I always expect to get swallowed by a newly opened chasm whenever I say this, I have never had a problem with Qwest as a phone/DSL/ISP provider. (This is at home, at work I have a never ending list of Qwest crap). I ended up with Qwest as an ISP, because at the time I installed DSL no one else was providing DSL ISP services, and it was painless to go with Qwest. And I have been tempted by Bob and his Real-Time services (whoo hoo!) - that's why I'm asking... :^)