RJsackedagain Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 I'm not sure I'm following how the amount of spam in your inbox can be used to evaluate an ISP. What would the ISP have to do with it? 299636[/snapback] Time Warner claims it blocks spam. I use their email services and seemed to get more now that ever before. A few of my friends have the same problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 I think I dealt with Adelphia in Buffalo back when I was in college and don't recall ever having a problem. Plus, I like that deal they used to have: 99 bucks for all the cable channels and high speed internet. 299626[/snapback] How long ago was this "deal"? I have Adelphia digital cable and powerlink without any premium channels and I'm over $110 a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezmid Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 I'm not sure I'm following how the amount of spam in your inbox can be used to evaluate an ISP. What would the ISP have to do with it? 299636[/snapback] The ISP should be able to filter incoming spam using a product like Spam Assassin or Brightmail. CW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Campy Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 Time Warner claims it blocks spam. I use their email services and seemed to get more now that ever before. A few of my friends have the same problem. 299639[/snapback] My cable ISP (Cox) claims to have a spam blocker as well. I finally got around to activating it on my email accts, but I don't see much of a difference either - I think the spammers are figuring out ways around them. My email client is Thunderbird by Mozilla, and I've been very happy with the filtering they use. I trained it to identify what is and isn't spam, and now 99% of the spam I get doesn't see the inbox - it goes right into the junk folder. If you're getting that much spam, maybe you should give Thunderbird a try for a few weeks and see if it's any better. Just a thought... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcrusho Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 The ISP should be able to filter incoming spam using a product like Spam Assassin or Brightmail. CW 299645[/snapback] haha Brightmail sucks.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezmid Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 haha Brightmail sucks.... 299649[/snapback] Why do you say that? Our testing at work shows that it's doing a very good job and we're looking to implement it into production soon. CW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talonz Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 4. High speed internet: It's slow and spam is a big problem with your email. 299626[/snapback] I seriously doubt they will slow down the hardware they have in place now via Adelphia Powerlink... That would make no sense. The one complaint I have heard though ( and googled ) is that they do put a download limit on your connection...If they determine you are downloading too much you will get a warning letter, if you do it again they will suspend your account THAT SUCKS.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcrusho Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 Why do you say that? Our testing at work shows that it's doing a very good job and we're looking to implement it into production soon. CW 299680[/snapback] Because it does not work... It does not filter email that comes in properly and there is no way for a customer to edit the spam list ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenedictineJamie Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 I am relieved I will no longer need to deal with Adelphia for broadband service. Any idea how much TW charges for their broadband (interested in just the broadband price without any cable service)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcrusho Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 I am relieved I will no longer need to deal with Adelphia for broadband service. Any idea how much TW charges for their broadband (interested in just the broadband price without any cable service). 299691[/snapback] Why do you say that, what kind of problems are you having? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last Kid Picked Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 Because it does not work... It does not filter email that comes in properly and there is no way for a customer to edit the spam list ... 299687[/snapback] Or the fact that a lot of these anti-spam lists are made by webhosting companies. What they do is blacklist a lot of their competitors IP's, and then sell these list to ISP. The webhosting field can be really shady. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcrusho Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 Wow! Jose!!! I remember when you hit that HR at SkyDome in the early 90's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezmid Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 Or the fact that a lot of these anti-spam lists are made by webhosting companies. What they do is blacklist a lot of their competitors IP's, and then sell these list to ISP. The webhosting field can be really shady. 299699[/snapback] That's not a limitation with Brightmail, that's the ISPs fault. I was just wondering about Brightmail the product, as our tests here show that it's working very well. Wasn't sure why he didn't like it. CW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcrusho Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 Well actually Symantec owns it now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kegtapr Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 I am relieved I will no longer need to deal with Adelphia for broadband service. Any idea how much TW charges for their broadband (interested in just the broadband price without any cable service)? 299691[/snapback] I believe broadband without cable will run you 49.95 a month. If you have cable you can get one year at 29.95 a month, then it jumps to 39.95. Don't even pay the 39.95 though. Just call up and say you're switching to Frontier DSL because of the price and they'll keep extending the offer. Dirty crooks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcrusho Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 I beleive broadband with cable will run you 49.95 a month. If you have cable you can get one year at 29.95 a month, then it jumps to 39.95. Don't even pay the 39.95 though. Just call up and say you're switching to Frontier DSL because of the price and they'll keep extending the offer. Dirty crooks. 299720[/snapback] $39.95 is a very good price for Broadband We charge $42.95 for download speed up to 4000kb and upload speed up to 384kb, well actually the boot file is at 420kb. think about how much AOL is, $24.95 or something and the MOST you can get is up to 56k, which most of the time does not happen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezmid Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 We charge $42.95 for download speed "We?" You work for the cable company also? CW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Like A Mofo Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 think about how much AOL is, $24.95 or something and the MOST you can get is up to 56k, which most of the time does not happen... 299726[/snapback] Agreed. Wait, people STILL actually use AOL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcrusho Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 "We?" You work for the cable company also? CW 299730[/snapback] you could say that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony the Tiger Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 Agreed. Wait, people STILL actually use AOL? 299734[/snapback] According the the commericals, AOL is a musthave to protect your system...like a dish over a tuna sandwich...don't tell me that they are lieing????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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