Re: Need all services of an ISP except the actual DSL/Cable line/modem
I used The World (world.std.com) for this, but it's been about 15 years. I
do know they're still around, but have no idea about their current
pricing.
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Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin
Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
clists@perrin.socsci.unc.edu * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu
On Wed, 16 Mar 2005, William Ballard wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 05:11:39PM -0600, Rob Brenart (TT) wrote:
> > I'd suggest buying an address and getting a cheap hosting provider who
> > will give you email and the appropriate size/bandwidth you need...
> > shouldn't cost more than 5 bucks a month that way, plus about 8 bucks a
> > year for the domain name.
>
> I don't think anybody is offering what I'm looking for. I called
> SpeakEasy, and they said I had to buy a domain name (don't want to do
> that), and my email would be whatever@domain.com. I wanted
> whaterver@speakeasy.net. Plus, no NNTP access. I basically want all
> the features you get from a good ISP minus the actual access --
> something a lot like AOL for Broadband but not with a sucky provider.
>
> I don't want my own domain name (expensive, have been burned by identity
> theft last time I registered a name), I don't want the world to know
> about my little thing.
>
> Basically what I want is a login account on some nice person's server,
> POP3/SMTP with SSL access, a stable email name on some reliable server,
> a bit of storage, SSH access, and maybe the ability to read newsgroups,
> webpages, or email on some nice friendly computer without the world
> being able to see my business. I'm willing to pay $20 a month or
> something.
>
>
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