[mdlug] Naked/"dry loop" DSL and Linux-friendly ISPs

[Michael Rudas (computer)]

Daniel Hedlund wrote:
> Wojtak, Greg wrote:
>   
>> I use WOW! for phone and internet.  I have been very happy with the service.
>>     
>
> WOW!  That brings back memories.  Over 10 years ago there used to be an 
> online dial-up service started by CompuServe called "WOW!" that had a 
> proprietary version of IE wrapped inside of a yellow colored full-screen 
> application.  I'm surprised another company is using the same name now

I remember *that* fiasco.  It was CompuServe's too-little-too-late 
answer to Prodigy and AOL (Prodigy itself crashed-and-burned at about 
the same time).

The "new" WOW started out as the cable system "Wide Open West"-- when 
they bought out Ameritech's cable systems and went national, it was no 
longer appropriate.

On-topic:  It's useful to note that WOW offers tiered Internet service 
speeds and pricing, starting out at about 2x dial-up up to about 8 Mbps.

-- Mikey