Subj : BACK IN BUSINESS
To   : Wayne Chirnside
From : Howie Coombe
Date : Wed Feb 16 2005 07:56 pm

Dear Wayne, in regards to this message to Charles Angelich.

 > -> Hello Tom -
 
 > -> >>> For general WWW browsing 56k dialup is quite good most of the time.
 
 > -> ->> This is true, according to my Memory of when i had a 56K Modem.
 
 > -> TW> But more and more Web sites are shutting out Dial Up users with all 
 
 > -> What you say about all the 'fluff' is true. You could try LINKS2 or get
 
 >  Yeah there are very few sites that annoy me at 49,333 running Mozilla in    
> Linux.


As there probably should not be.

 > Tom's hardware page no longer annoys and it is pretty bad in that respect. 


How so?.

 > Currently my worst offender is my own ISP.


That would be really bothersome.

 > Type in the URL the for the home page you get redirected to an               
> advertizement for DSL.


Aha, {Grumble}.

 > Go from the Ad to home next link is online services,


Aha.

 > from there you go to usage ( used to be online hours manager and easy to     
> get to),


But now is not?.

 > next you hit the link offering Q&A usage or usage,


And?.

 > click usage.


Thank you for this information.

 > Now the screen loads Blank so you hit reload and it's STILL blank,


Grumble, Grumble.

 > now hit back one URL and the summery of my month's online usage finally      
> appears.


ABT.

 > Click details and it says "message sent to my e-mail address" but that       
> hasn't worked since it's been _improved_.


Growl.

 > Oh yeah,


Yes?.

 > left out the login step.


Bugger.

 > Oh yeah this is SOOO much better than the old "online hours manager" right   
> on the old GTE home page before it became Verizon ISP :-(


Yes it sounds like it, Not.

 > Add to this they are always moving stuff around so you burn time just        
> finding it and if you find it it's often "under construction for             
> improvement" :-(


Scream at top of lungs time.

 > Makes you want to just strangle someone.


Or break something?.

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