RE: New Resource for ISPs (criticism welcome)

John Lange ( radadmin@palacenet.net )
Thu, 15 Jan 1998 17:36:04 -0600

So in a world of ISP's who generally hate spam... You want us to give you
our eMail address'...

DUH...

JOhn :}

At 05:39 PM 1/15/98 -0500, you wrote:
>The site looks good.
>
>While we're on the topic of communication, does anyone know of a resource
>where I can contact Sales contacts at ISPs? (I realize that this list is
>mostly technical). I ask because I have written an RFP for a company
>looking for mailbox hosting, DNS, domain hosting, etc. (No DIALUPS!)
>However, to get a good collection of responses, I'm afraid that I'll have
>to spend hours at www.thelist.com collecting sales@thisorthatisp.net
>addresses for solicitations. Physical location of the ISP is not an issue,
>so I can release it nationally.
>
>Thanks
>
>Paul Arnold
>arnoldpl@gru.com
>
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>On Thursday, January 15, 1998 5:03 PM, Chilton [SMTP:chilton@trag.com]
>wrote:
>> Here's the URL:
>> <http://www.trag.com/i/index.html>
>>
>> Two moons ago, there was a griping session on the I-NET Access list about
>
>> the lack of a decent method of getting info to ISPs. Most ISPs hate spam,
>
>> so that's not an option. But most of the news sites out there for ISPs
>> are only updated every few days, or weeks, and often don't even carry
>> anything of interest to small to mid sized ISPs.
>>
>> I have decided to do something about it. The above url will take you to
>> the new ISP Resource page. It is a news page, which will be updated
>> daily, that contains news and links to news that will probably be of
>> interest to you. It will also act as a showcase for companies that have
>> products that ISPs might be interested in, and will inform you of updates
>
>> and statistics about the software and hardware that you run your business
>
>> on.
>>
>> So, if you're an ISP, go to the site, kick it around a little, take notes
>
>> on little stickie pads, and let me know what you like/don't like. I am
>> very open and will be very responsive to constructive criticism. If
>> there's a link I forgot, let me know, if there's a product or category I
>> forgot, let me know.
>>
>> And if you sell something to ISPs, let me know when new versions,
>> updates, and new products are ready, and I'll post the announcements!
>>
>> The site will be archived once per week, and will feature a search engine
>
>> once we get enough news to need to archive it ;)
>>
>> And lastly, yes, I will be allowing advertising, but not until next week,
>
>> so email me if you're interested.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> -Chilton
>>
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>

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