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off-topic.geek replying to my own message... Uh. There was a little "Help" link on the www.rr.com page. That helped. Got the darn smtp address. Now I can finally mail my "Auczilla" bids, the true purpose of having a cable modem. (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yeah. The scuttlebutt is that they (RoadRunner) consider a personal firewall to be a violation of their Terms Of Use--if "they" understand the issue beyond being scared of it. LinkSys personal routers are *right out*. This is all rumor, (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) We've had the same problems here in Champaign-Urbana (Illinois) with DSL delivery. McLeod put in two fiber rings around the twin cities over a year ago, but still haven't made *DSL available to the public despite promises to have it ready by (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Wow. After 6 months of DSL he** (Covad/Bell Atlantic) that failed to deliver even a copper wire, I got a sales call from Road Runner, and was up and running (ha ha) on a cable modem within 3 business days. AMAZINGLY, Covad's stock crashed by 55% (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I wasn't getting excited about it. I was bemoaning the fact that Netscape doesn't give you the choice as to whether to use strict or relaxed threads. It certainly can be more pleasant reading a thread which is broken by a broken newsreader (...) (25 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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