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- Path: news2.halcyon.com!usenet
- From: mgillman@halcyon.com (Michael Gillman)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: What a connection!
- Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 10:43:07 GMT
- Organization: Seattle Smokers: Pipe Division
- Message-ID: <3178bf19.3417378@news2.halcyon.com>
- References: <00000DA8000028C0@prostar.com>
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-
- ceder@prostar.com (Ceder) wrote:
-
- >You are connecting to the USR Courier's at Halcyon.. I should know..cause
- >I'm on one right now. Well Halcyon has been having some problems with
- >their phone lines. So...you might try to call back if you get a connection
- >like that. Halcyon is trying to flash all of their courier's with the
- >latest upgrade...but they haven't done every one yet. I can't wait until
- >they do cause it makes me connect faster.
-
- You're correct and the problem seems to be with US Worst and their
- forwarding of calls from local numbers to the modem pool in Bellevue.
- I do disconnect and call back. But the horrors of this connection was
- so amusing that I thought that I'd post it. I posted an even better
- one to Halcyon General. Over 5000 blers in just a few minutes.
-
- Mike
-