[DM-MUG] Qwest question vs. Prairieinet

[Darcy Baston]

I was in a similar situation where I had to choose between QWest MSN 
and a local Ames company called ISUNet. I'm in West Des Moines. I 
originally chose QWest until I discovered their MSN service didn't 
offer a mail server incoming or outgoing, nor did it feature any 
newsgroup support. Within a few days I switched to ISUNet and it's been 
relatively smooth sailing. The only hangup I had, and it was QWest's 
fault, is that during the transition QWest billed me an extra month of 
MSN (I had to *make* 'em credit me), and they also had my account shut 
off within 24 hours of the switch to ISUNet because of an accounting 
mistake. I had to motivate them by telephone to turn my service back 
on.

Since you can get a small web site with any other web host, some of 
which will give you 1 Gig of space, and many Gigs of bandwidth for $10 
and under (mine gives me a Gig of space, 30 Gigs bandwidth, 750 e-mail 
addresses etc. for $12 CDN), I wouldn't worry about if the host offers 
anything special.

Anyway, I've got the 1.5meg pipe with ISUNet/QWest and the performance 
is fine.

warm wishes,
Darcy

On Jan 3, 2005, at 3:41 PM, Jon Engelhardt wrote:

> Good afternoon,
>
> The Qwest guy just stopped by (very brave considering our icy, steep 
> gravel driveway) and informed me we now have the ability to hook up 
> their DSL system.  We live just east of Adel and for the last two 
> years I've enjoyed Prairieinet with it's speed and reliability (256) 
> and I really don't have any complaints except  they don't allow me any 
> space for a small web site and it seems a bit high ($49.95).
>
> Before I go any further I'd like to hear thoughts from you folks.  I 
> can speed things up to 1.5 meg if I would choose their Deluxe service 
> which is only $4.00 a month less than what I'm paying now.  Is this a 
> good idea or should I stay with what I have?  Our choices are slim 
> since we live in the country but it's wonderful to have no neighbors 
> and enjoy the quiet in the timber.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Jon Engelhardt
> Adel