Well there Roadrunner

[kinzel]

In passing we note that any of our email depending on servers formerly adelphia and now Roadrunner ... is stopped at the moment. Even the tech Sharon talked to said *his* email had gone down. So...patience. This is not a virtue I'm easy with, alas, so we'll see what gives.

Comments

[sethb.livejournal.com]

There's a reason to get email via a competent company rather than your access provider.

[mbarker.livejournal.com]

YAPMV? Your Access Provider May Vary? Now where would you stick those electronic labels - I don't think I've seen a dealer's sticker on my modem?

Although one should also include YSIPMV, since Independent Service Providers are not all equal.

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Well, yanno, if there was a choice...

[sethb.livejournal.com]

That's my point. There is a choice.

I've been using my panix account for over a decade since I last used panix as a connectivity provider. I've switched among 3 or 4 different cable companies in that time (and they've tried to switch my email address around, but since I never use them I don't care).

I can switch access providers any time I want, with essentially no effort (plug a different box into a different hole in the wall).

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

My point is that we live in Maine. Does panix provide service in Maine? Pointer, please.

[sethb.livejournal.com]

Panix will sell shell accounts anywhere. You have to get Internet access from someone who provides it locally.

Or, for cheapness, just get a gmail account.

Either way, you don't have to worry about RoadCrawler breaking your email. (If they break your Internet, you have to go to a $tarbux or something, and you can still get your email.)