ISPs who suck, ISP Hall of Shame, NetZero, BlueLight.com, Spinway.com, freeDEM.com, PacBell, SBC, Telocity, NorthPoint DSL, Juno, United Online, Metricom, Ricochet, Rhythms DSL, Covad, EarthLink, DSL.net, AT&T Wireless

Epilogue

ISPs who suck, ISP Hall of Shame, Excite@Home, AT&T Broadband, NetZero, FreeAV, 1stup.com, BlueLight.com, Spinway.com, freeDEM.com, Freewwweb, Sirius, FirstWorld, Verado, PacBell, SBC, Telocity, NorthPoint DSL, Juno, United Online, Metricom, Ricochet, Rhythms DSL, Covad, EarthLink, DSL.net, AT&T Wireless

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Telocity was my final attempt at getting decent, consumer-priced broadband at home. After eight years of analog POTS, ISDN, cable and DSL, I've essentially abandoned the notion of high-speed Internet at home for a couple of years.

~~I give up.~~

~~Bye. I'm going to watch Molto Mario and X-Files reruns on my TiVo now. Unlike Internet service providers, TiVo absolutely rocks!~~

Winter 2004 update

Well, after five years, it seems like phone companies have finally learned how to run ISPs. With their regional monopolies, they've effectively forced everyone but the cable companies out of business.

The End

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