about Wiznet

[Marc Lijour (Professeur d'Informatique)]

Le 16 Octobre 2003 12:55, Keith Mastin a écrit :
> > Because of the prolonged problem with their mail relay we are planing to
> > switch over to a different service provider. I just came across the
> > Wiznet, some thing that I have never heard of. Does any one have any
> > experience with them? Which high speed provider is the best in Toronto?
>
> ...hmmm... I like Arbies better than McDonalds.
>
> ISP's are also largely a matter of taste/preferences. What's important to
> you? Want webmail, news, etc., and all the other extras that sympatico
> provides? Or do you just need a reliable always-on link to the 'net? Do
> you want unlimited bandwidth transfers within the same peer (great for
> daily backups). Do you want to run servers? Is it a commercial or res
> account?

I'm residencial and I don't need news or webmail. I don't eat a lot of 
bandwith, except occasionnaly for my favorite distros :-)

However, I rely on my web stuff daily. I use always-on idea. Didn't know about 
deals for transfer to the same peer, good trick.

> Wiznet was a great provider when they were dsl.ca and were just good
> techies with lousy business practices. Since they bought/were
> bought/joined/merged with wiznet it's been downhill all the way
> technologically speaking. The service is now intermittant and it's only
> been in the last couple of weeks that one could actually get to speak to a
> live body instead of leaving endless unanswered messages.
>
> As a result, I wouldn't recommend them to anyone at this point, but they
> may be improving things. Only time will tell.
>
> I'm thinking real hard about going over to Ralph's service. Here's my
> thinking: If he's got the nuts to be on this list he's probably pretty
> much confident in the level of service his company provides.

I've got a good feeling too. 

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