To All @home Customers

[Raver X]

http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5100094,00.html?chkpt=zdhpnews01

[94_AcCoRd_EX]

Yup, I just got a letter in the mail. The only way service won't get screwed is if AT&T can purchase... ::yes::

[toykilla]

i found out yesterday about @home being fuxed. my internet works but my email is screwed and i need the email more than the internet. *** damn them...

[94_AcCoRd_EX]

Good thing I don't use my @home e-mail ;)

This really is a bad situation though :mad:

[grl_racer]

yeah thanks to that.. my calm saturdays at work.. are HELLLLLLA busy.. and its booty....
i come into work, still drunk from last night :rolleyes: , to see 40 people sitting in queue... grrrr :mad: ...
heheheh
o well....

[94_AcCoRd_EX]

Yup, when I started my computer today, it made me download a config program so I could continue to use the internet. At least my internet still works!

[Smitty90acc]

Although I don't use @home anymore, I've had to WIN VNC into 8 of my friends' computers to fix their email. The cable provider (Rogers) has done a terrific job screwing the transition up in every possible way. I wouldn't be surprised if 25% of current cable customers switched to DSL within the next few months.

[ebpda9]

want the best ? Try www.earthlink.net . i had the for 3 years now and i'm really happy with them. tried at&t and AOL wich sucked. ELN offers cable now in a few areas, and their dsl rocks. My modem did not go out of sync in ages. The only problems that i had were on 9-11 when they reroutd the servers from NYC to Cleveland-Chhago and when they rerouted them back 1 month ago. If u ever decide to switch to them tell them sdobre reffered you.

[toykilla]

Originally posted by hondaman-iac
want the best ? Try www.earthlink.net . i had the for 3 years now and i'm really happy with them. tried at&t and AOL wich sucked. ELN offers cable now in a few areas, and their dsl rocks. My modem did not go out of sync in ages. The only problems that i had were on 9-11 when they reroutd the servers from NYC to Cleveland-Chhago and when they rerouted them back 1 month ago. If u ever decide to switch to them tell them sdobre reffered you.


LOL...I had earthlink before I got cable and it was the biggest piece of shit ISP i've ever seen. I prepaid for a year service and lost half the money because it was soo slow I switched before the year was up. Now i'm on @home cable and its been GREAT except for this thing lately. If they dont come to an agreement then I will get DSL but if they do then i'm happy right where I am.

[Raver X]

Yeah tell me about it, Im still kickin, but fow how long? :confused: I hope that Im not forced to switch over to DSL. I like my @home ;( :o :sleep:

[insomniac]

Originally posted by Smitty90acc
Although I don't use @home anymore, I've had to WIN VNC into 8 of my friends' computers to fix their email. The cable provider (Rogers) has done a terrific job screwing the transition up in every possible way. I wouldn't be surprised if 25% of current cable customers switched to DSL within the next few months.

Hey Smitty good to see a former PH member at another board. I've had to do the same VNC into a few comps to do the stupid transition too

[Smitty90acc]

Originally posted by insomniac


Hey Smitty good to see a former PH member at another board. I've had to do the same VNC into a few comps to do the stupid transition too
Good to see you here too!
I just can't understand why they didn't use the same one word hosts as @home used (eg. mail, news, etc.). And the changes to the username format... Man, a team of trained monkeys could have put together a better transition.

[insomniac]

I had to use full addresses anyways even when it was @home with the router and stuff so I don't really care about that but its such a pain, switching over with their mail servers being down as usual and stuff and all your friends calling you cuz they have no idea what the hell is going on hehehe

[Smitty90acc]

Yeah, I always used the full addresses too... good ol' mail.ym1.on.wave.home.com ;)

The people who are really screwed by this are people like my mom. She uses Netscape 4.x, and it doesn't accept usernames with the "@" symbol, so you can't retrieve your new rogers email using it. My mom hates outlook, and her computer is too slow to run Netscape 6. So now I have to go home after exams and upgrade her system. Thanks Rogers :(

[insomniac]

LOL smitty have fun =P format c:

[Smitty90acc]

Originally posted by insomniac
LOL smitty have fun =P format c:
Arg, you're right, it's going to come to that since Win2k can't accept different processor/motherboard configs. Aw man, there goes at least one day of my holiday!

[Racing Rice]

Originally posted by Smitty90acc

Arg, you're right, it's going to come to that since Win2k can't accept different processor/motherboard configs. Aw man, there goes at least one day of my holiday!

I know your pain.. I just finished rebuilding mine the other day too.:rolleyes: It sucks man..

[Raver X]

What combinations are you guys using? I have alot of different motherboard/chip sets running in my house and they all use win2k, Other than the fact that it doesnt run all of my games, I love it. (gona give Winxp Pro a try though)

J

[Smitty90acc]

I used to have a PII400, Asus P2B, 256 ram.
In August, I upgraded to a Thunderbird 1200, Asus A7V, 768 ram, ultra 100, etc..

Win2k bluescreened on startup and wouldn't boot again, even with the original hardware config in place. I still haven't figured out how to make a "portable" Win2k installation.