On Aug 31, 9:52 am, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:
Too_Many_Tools wrote:

Well it is one of mine.

I have been having a number of problems of late with them...can't find
the email servers, pages not loading, dead time on the line and a live
chat session that rivals the best comedy you see on the television..it
was worthless.

Now I see this in the new....

I think I will be shopping around for a new ISP...any suggestions?

TMT

EarthLink to cut 900 jobs, close offices By GREG BLUESTEIN, Associated
Press Writer
Tue Aug 28

Internet service provider EarthLink Inc. said Tuesday that it would
cut 900 jobs - or about half its work force - and close four offices
in an effort to reduce operating costs. EarthLink shares climbed 7
percent on the news.

You just don't get it, do you? Their business has changed, and they
have to change, along with it. They just don't need as amny people,
since more and more customers are either DSL, broadband, or Sat. It
took more people to support dialup. They have recently outsourced their
Usenet service to Supernews, which reduces their need for equipment, and
support personnel. Atlanta and Pasadena were the two Usenet news server
farms. The equipment that controls their network has evolved, as well.
That reduces the need for employees, too.

Drop them if you want, but of all the broadband available it is still
the best in my area. The other two are RR and AOL. I get eight user
email accounts, eight, 10 MB websites and a decent news server, with a
seven Mb/sec pipe for $49 a month. I had RR, and never want to go
back. A couple user accounts and 5 MB web space total. I ahd lots of
problems with their news servers, as well. AOL? Forget it! Same price
with no Usenet service! What do you propose to replace it? In fact,
both it and Brighthouse CATV was up and running during the hurricanes,
while DSL and dialup didn't work. They hired people with pickup trucks
to go out, with generators, to charge their UPS systems, even in areas
with no power. The rain was so bad that Dish and Direct TV were almost
useless.

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Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida- Hide quoted text -

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No Mike I do get it....but did you READ the article?

Layoffs for technology advances are a fact of living these
days....layoffs because of your business tanking affects
customers....these layoffs are because Earthlink had to lay them
off...

I have been monitoring my connections to Earthlink by pinging...and I
have been seeing some really bad return times....which I suspect
indicates crappy servers if they continue.

It would also explain many of the problems with not being able to
connect to mail servers and dropping bandwidth hogs like Ebay.

TMT