Re: Reliability of AOL
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: Reliability of AOL
- From: J* I* J* <j*@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 19:21:32 -0700 (MST)
Henryanner@aol.com wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> Another factor in the AOL overload is their having discontinued their
> subordinate server, GNN, which Henry and I had settled very happily with.
> Having already shopped trial offers for six months and elimated some servers
> for cause, we figured we would just go ahead and segue to AOL and let it all
> sift out for a while. We cannot be the only ones. Access, formally a given,
> is now difficult except in the hours before noon. In time ATT will get the
> knots out of their operation and present a viable alternative. We are
> watching them closely.
>
Anner
It is probably not ATT, but rather AOL that does not have enough phone
lines and modems to provide access during the busy times. It affects
other service providers as well like Netcom.
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John Jones, jijones@ix.netcom.com
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