Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.heimat.gr.jp!news.jone-system.com!mmcatv.co.jp!news.moat.net!border1.nntp.sjc.giganews.com!border2.nntp.sjc.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!cyclone-sf.pbi.net!129.250.175.17!pln-w!spln!dex!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!drn From: Brett Robson Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Internet provider choices: Need help or advice on the best one. Date: 10 Mar 2004 21:46:39 -0800 Organization: Newsguy News Service [http://newsguy.com] Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <515ab8e4.0403101808.4c5d799f@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: p-481.newsdawg.com X-Newsreader: Direct Read News 4.20 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:12550 On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 14:29:36 +0900, Raj Feridun ... > >With all due respect to the Global Online employees in this newsgroup >I signed up with Asahi-Net (http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/en/) and have >not had one single complaint. Not only do they have full English >service and support they are the cheapest provider I could find. I've >subscribed to GOL in the past as well (back in the IDSN days) and they >were also excellent. I am certainly not offended. We are only one option of many. The truth is I also have an Asahi account as a backup, so I have an alternate route into our network if there is a problem. I tend to use Asahi as it's better to use their bandwidth than ours (^.^) But they do cut corners on the network, you only get what you pay for. . ---- Triangle Man hits Person Man They have a fight and Triangle Man wins