[PLUG] Short-term ISP Recommendations?

[Mike De La Mater]

Have you considered America On Line (AOL)? They have great 
free offers. I can send you special offer CD, if you like. 
(this is sarcasm, there is no need to help me)

Mike

12/11/02 7:51:47 AM, Geoff Burling <llywrch at agora.rdrop.com> 
wrote:

>Well I have just learned why some people refer to their 
spouse as
>SWMBO -- ``She Who Must Be Obeyed." In short, despite the 
fact I
>sincerely believe we don't have the money, & my other wishes 
&
>objections, I will be spending two weeks in Ohio around 
Christmas &
>New Years'.
>
>Which leads me to the following question: can anyone 
recommend an
>ISP that I could use for a couple weeks, maybe national-
based but
>having POPs in NE Ohio (specifically Canton), that does NOT 
require
>you to use their own software to connect, & is ethical?
>
>I'm mentioning ``ethical" because one of the ISPs I have 
looked at
>appears to be a spamhaus. It would be a plus if they are 
Linux-friendly
>not because I'll be using Linux, but because I'd rather 
support
>companies with this attitude.
>
>Can I receive some useful recommendations that won't 
deteriorate into
>tedious arguments over politics, software preferences, or 
meta-commentary
>concerning off-topic responses?
>
>Geoff
>
>
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