[TriLUG] I can't believe reputable companies still do this

Jon Carnes jonc at nc.rr.com
Thu Apr 24 23:04:54 EDT 2003


My konqueror (on Mandrake 9.1) goes right into the site (of course I
have IE compatibility turned on).

Also, I used to access their internet and telco stat's pages for my
company all the time from linux with no problems.

Jon

On Thu, 2003-04-24 at 22:51, Jason Tower wrote:
> sorry jon, but any company that goes out of their way and makes a 
> special effort to prevent linux users (who by definition can't use IE) 
> from accessing their website is not worthy of my business.  period.
> 
> there is simply NO EXCUSE for this.  none whatsoever.  i don't care how 
> good their service may or may not be, they clearly don't care about 
> having me or any other alternative OS user as a customer.
> 
> jason
> 
> On Thursday 24 April 2003 22:35, Jon Carnes wrote:
> > Come on... TWTC (TimeWarnerTelecom) is a small branch of the might TW
> > mega-corp.  They exist only in this area and are a great Telco
> > company (a hell of a lot better than Bell South).
> >
> > I highly recommend them for internet or telco access - especially
> > local telephone access for a business.  These guys are extremely
> > competitive and highly service oriented.  Their specialty is
> > transport (local loop) and telco connectivity. They are not a major
> > ISP, but they do have great internet connectivity.
> >
> > They also sell a cool internet/phone product that is great for a
> > start-up business.
> >
> > Just don't do any web-hosting with them.
> >
> > Jon Carnes
> >
> > On Thu, 2003-04-24 at 20:11, Jeremy Portzer wrote:
> > > This is the home page of Time Warner Telecom:
> > > http://www.twtelecom.com Try to view it with Mozilla...
> > >
> > > And I thought they were a good backbone ISP.  So much for
> > > recommending them ever again.
> > >
> > > (note: TW Telecom is a different sub-company from Time Warner
> > > Cable, which provides Road Runner et al.  But still, yet another
> > > reason to stay away from the AOL-TW conglomerate.)
> > >
> > > --Jeremy
> > >
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