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Date:	Thu, 23 Jan 2003 15:23:09 PST8
From:	"Tony Butka" <butka@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	< "scoug-help@scoug.com" > scoug-help@scoug.com >
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: local DSL on the move

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On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 12:45:44 PST8, J. R. Fox wrote:

>I just wanted to make sure there were no hidden gotchas, waiting for us in the alley,
>before accepting that offer. Peter pointed out to me that one is free to use the Pac Bell
>DSL line with _another_ ISP. Yeah, but you're paying for *this* one anyway,

Hi Jordan -

I 'upgraded' on a Win2K partition the other day. Sure, there are gotcha's. Basically after doing the install, which requires Internet Explorer, you wind up with
a heavily modified SBC/Yahoo browser that is a lot like the AOL portal design. Slow, cumbersome, & tracks your every move to sell the information to all
that will buy it.

On the mail side, you get moved from pacbell.net serviers to yahoo servers. I don't think there is any going back, since tech support has not gotten back to
me since I e-mailed them a snotty note. They do, however, send you an e-mail to let you know that your mail has been moved -- same user id, but physically
moved. On the OS/2 side, I had to make some changes to PMMail, but can receive and send mail.

Hope this helps,

Tony

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