[ale] OT: hope springs eternal

[Calvin Harrigan]

Preston Boyington wrote:
> Jim Philips wrote:
> <snipped>
>> The pending demise of Earthlink makes me want to shed a silent tear for 
>> Mindspring, which once embodied everything that was great about the Internet
>>
> 
> I started using Mindspring as my ISP in 2000 and am just now about to
> cancel my service with them.  I have been on the cheapest (9.95) plan
> for several years now just so I would have a dial up service should I
> need it.
> 
> Now that I have changed my website to 1&1, e-mail to Google, and no
> longer have a land line at my house I can't justify keeping their
> service.  It is far too easy to just go to a coffee shop and use their
> WiFi to update my MySpace page...errr...I mean my Debian laptop.
> 
> 
> I have been putting it off for quite a while, but I guess it's time to
> just go ahead and do it.
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I understand why you are going to cancel, by why is it the right time 
now?  Just a bit more of a nudge over the edge?  :-)

Calvin...