Is anybody here as p*ssed off as I am at 1stUp.com?

kduncan5

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I must apologize in advance for this rant, but I can't help it! I depend on my free ISP to give me access to the internet at a price I can afford! FREE!!!

When the place I worked for 7.5 years closed up shop and left me out in the cold, so to speak, I was bummed big time. I didn't make nearly as much there as I feel I am worth, anyway, but at least it was enough to maintain the lifestyle that I'd become accustomed to. Now I'm working with a temp accounting agency who can't seem to keep me working as much as I'd really like to, so the Big Bucks are still not forthcoming. I'm registering with two more temp agencies once I've completed the assignment I'm on now, but that still doesn't help with the fact that I can't afford to pay for internet access. Besides, I am a firm believer that internet access should be free.

But when my ISP announced that 1stUp.com was bailing, and effective Dec. 10th, so were they, I started to panic!:Q I have too many monthly bills as it is, without having to shell out $10 to $25 per month extra for my internet access, and I'll be d*mned if I'll go without!!!!!!! I like my internet just as much as you (collectively) do!

So now I'm with this wimpy-*ssed ISP that won't support half the stuff the GF does on the net, let alone my Off Topic! Right now it's slow as snail sh*t!!!:|

D*mn, I wish I had my old ISP back.....:( -kd5-
 

zippy

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Nov 10, 1999
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That sucks. You should turn off avatars by going to customize and choosing "standard" instead of "enhanced" to speed it up a lil bit.

Good luck! :)
 

kduncan5

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:QBut that's half the entertainment value!:Q


Seriously though, maybe I will if the forum runs any slower than it is now. Thanks zippy. -kd5-
 

kduncan5

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:QBut that's half the entertainment value!:Q


Seriously though, maybe I will if the forum runs any slower than it is now. Thanks zippy. -kd5-
 

SSP

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There must be millions of Free ISP's. Try net zero or Altavista. Hey, they have ads, but can you complain (Unless you use that crack)? Youre getting it free. :)
 

Pastore

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If you honestly needed the internet as much as the users here COLLECTIVELY then you will shell out the dough... i would go without eating before i lost my internet

btw, ive heard that www.freeinet.com was a good free isp
 

woodie1

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I think AltaVista is going under too as well as Lycos. There are getting to be fewer and fewer free ISPs.

I had two different free ISPs that used 1stUp. What a bunch of crap.
 

hambone2

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I'm losing my free isp too. Freeinet went away, now I have Freelane which uses 1stUp so I suppose it will die tomorrow. If it does I will try i495. Check it out. Closer to free than most, and said to be good. Cheap is okay...in general. Thoreau was my man.