[LINK] RFI: Email Download Failure from Local ISP

[Darrell Burkey]

On Tue, 2008-01-22 at 22:56, Roger Clarke wrote:

> If you don't love 'em you lose 'em, so I use a local ISP:
> http://www.apex.net.au/contact_us.php

I don't understand this. Are you saying that non-local ISPs don't love
you so therefore you use local ISPs? 

Then you go on to mention a few dubious technical configurations of said
local ISP and appear to be complaining that things aren't working. 
So, let me just see if I have this right. A small local ISP that appears
to not be delivering the service you want is your choice because you
feel loved by them but a national well respected and resourced ISP isn't
your choice because you don't feel the love from them?

Sorry Roger, but I don't think the problem here is the ISP. :-) TPG and
Apex, interesting choice. If you want to contact me off list I'll send
you a one word solution to your issues with a personal promise that you
will never look back. I'll back that with free coffee for a week if I'm
wrong.

I won't say it here as I'm not interested in fuelling religious wars and
personally I think the very concept of ISPs is a primitive and outdated
way of delivering a critical service that we all rely on. Nonetheless,
we have to live with them and there is one shining light out there.

I am also surprised that anyone would consider an interruption of
services on the 'net as unusual. Poo happens (technical term) even to
the best of providers.

Cheers.

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Australian National University 
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