[23879] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Above.net off the air
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay R. Ashworth)
Wed Apr 28 10:34:10 1999
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 10:30:47 -0400
From: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990428003114.02c35bb0@mail2.pgexch.com>; from I Am Not An Isp <patrick@ianai.net> on Wed, Apr 28, 1999 at 12:38:08AM -0700
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Wed, Apr 28, 1999 at 12:38:08AM -0700, I Am Not An Isp wrote:
> Additionally, without commenting on the cause or the fix or even
> Above.Net's network, I must say Above.Net does a good job of trying to keep
> their customers informed. I've seen notifications for things which might
> not have been noticed by customers - things other providers might have
> tried to sweep under the rug.
They do seem to have an excellent rep in other circles.
Phil Greenspun of Ars Digita, whom I'm sure is a polarizing concept
(:-) seems to like them real well...
(For those who've never run across Phil, he wrote "How To Be A Web
Whore Just Like Me", aka "Creating Database Backed Websites" -- some
publishers have _no_ sense of humor. http://photo.net)
Cheers,
-- jra
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