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Don't you have a local ISP ? There are 5or 6 in my area. They charge anywhere from 12.95 to 19.95 per month unlimited time. I have used them all AOL CompuServe and 2 of the locals. Have got the best service from the locals, even had a guy come to the house 3-4 times when I first set up about 3-4 years ago at no charge. Also when there is a problem I talk to a person involved not just a ribbon clerk somewhere in Tibet. Bob Anibal [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: KEn Becker <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thursday, October 16, 1997 3:50 AM Subject: Re: Hello? >BArb M, you are so RIGHT! (No surprise!) I am ready to send AOL a nasty >letter about the difficulty of getting on, and in addition, the slowness of >the system when I finally do get on. I wonder if I sent it by snail mail, >they would get the hint! ALSO, if I turn my back for a minute, or sometimes >when I am still trying to type, I lose the carrier and have to start over! > What a revoltin' development THAT is! Am I the only one that remembers >William Bendix? THE LIFE OF RILEY! Times were simpler then, and I never >heard ANYONE complain about AOL, crashed harddrives, too much Email, and >TELEPHONES, YES! You called one number, spoke to a HUMAN BEING EVERY TIME. >and ordered a phone by saying, "I want a telephone" NOT a little colored >piece of plastic with 78 buttons that 72 of stick, and the other six are >unreadable, and if you drop it on a desk, the phone breaks in half, and if >you pull the wire once it crackles and cuts you off when you use it! A >TELEPHONE was heavy, black, could break your foot if you dropped it, maybe >even break the FLOOR, and of course, being an electrical device, after about >30 years, the dial would get a little loose, and a MAN WOULD COME TO THE >HOUSE AND FIX IT OR REPLACE IT FOR FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND THERE was ONE >phone company to hate, with PEOPLE to complain to, and use terrible words to >complain like "Excuse me, I am displeased, I got cut off, can I have a >nickle credit for my call?" You know what? I think that stress caused by >frustration with modern technology, when it does not deliver what is >promised, PLUS the lack of good tv shows like LIFE of RILEY, is PART OF the >CAUSE of diseases like Parkinsons! At least it makes it worse! Anyone >disagree? >I am beginning to think that Ralph Waldo Emerson was right when he said >"Simplify Simplify" Which was great advice, about the only thing I remember >from grade school! Poor guy, gave great advice, wrote books, and they name a >lousy line of cheap TV's and VCR's after him. If he knew, he'd SUE! Well >that's all I have to say tonight! Ken B