X-Account-Key: account1 X-UIDL: 138045 X-Mozilla-Keys: Return-Path: X-ListServer: CommuniGate Pro LIST 5.1.3 List-Unsubscribe: List-ID: List-Archive: Precedence: list Message-ID: Reply-To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" Sender: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" X-Original-Message-ID: <11835.09.04.15.27.11.2007@shana.> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:03:50 -0500 From: "Leon D. Zetekoff" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------040407040702030005020806" Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] OT ISP behavior (was: Wired woes - Marvell thread) --------------040407040702030005020806 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi mark...I use dreamhost.com for my web and email hosting. I went to them when the moose (themooseisloose.net) folded last year. Leon * Mark Henigan wrote, On 11/25/2007 4:19 PM: > "Mark Henigan" wrote: >> > >>> Hello Lewis: >>> >>> Thanks for the suggestion! BTW, where would >>> be the beast forum for questions about ISP >>> behavior (within the OS/2-eCS community)? >>> > > Lewis G Rosenthal replied: > >> Surely. ;-) >> >> For end-user ISP questions, here would probably be the best choice, >> though eCS-Technical (the Yahoo group) would probably do as well. The >> OS2-ISP list is for those of us running servers *as* ISP's, mainly. >> >> Feel free to post your ISP issues here. > > Hello Lewis: > > I have been confused by the various means that > appeared to have been available for establishing > a personal website with a domain name of my > choosing. I thought that I had done so with > SBC-Yahoo! (driven-zen.org) and still have email > addresses attached to it that are accessible to > me. However, when still under SBC-Yahoo! I found > that it was actually a GeoCities page, clearly > not a professional-looking or -behaving "site" > and not what I thought I was getting when I paid > extra for "Premium" services. Now that I am > under AT&T-Yahoo all of the services that paid > for are part of the basic package and no trace > remains of my having been enrolled for premium > services. > > During the years since I "established" my own > domain, I received what I assumed were spam > attempts to get me to pay to keep the domain > name I had chosen. I just ignored these since > they did not come from anyone connected with my > ISP. > > 1. Is the idea of obtaining domain names through > large ISPs such as SBC-Yahoo! more fantasy than > reality? > > 2. What must I do to gain ownership or a > legitemate lease on "my" domain name? > > 3. Do I need to consider obtaining a fixed > Internet address and operating my own email > server? > > 4. Given my hopes of access to my email and > (if I ever have one) website via Verizon's > broadband wireless network, am I going to have > problems in addition to simply establishing a > connection to Verizon? > > Any thoughts are welcome. > > Thank You! > > Best Regards, > > - Mark > > Mark Henigan -- *Leon Zetekoff* Proprietor *Work:* 484-335-9920 *Mobile:* 610-223-8642 *Fax:* 484-335-9921 *Email:* wa4zlw@arrl.net *http://www.linkedin.com/in/leonzetekoff* *BackWoods Wireless* 505 B Main Street Blandon, PA 19510 "Bringing Broadband Technology to Rural Areas" See who we know in common Want a signature like this? --------------040407040702030005020806 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=utf-8; name="wa4zlw.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="wa4zlw.vcf" begin:vcard fn:Leon Zetekoff n:Zetekoff;Leon org:BackWoods Wireless adr;dom:;;505 B Main Street;Blandon;PA;19510 email;internet:wa4zlw@arrl.net title:Owner tel;work:484-335-9920 tel;fax:484-335-9921 tel;home:610-916-0230 tel;cell:610-223-8642 x-mozilla-html:TRUE url:http://www.backwoodswireless.net version:2.1 end:vcard --------------040407040702030005020806 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Disposition: inline =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to Send administrative queries to To subscribe (new addresses), E-mail to: and reply to the confirmation email. Web archives are publicly available at: http://lists.2rosenthals.com This list is hosted by Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC P.O. Box 281, Deer Park, NY 11729-0281. Non- electronic communications related to content contained in these messages should be directed to the above address. (CAN-SPAM Act of 2003) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= --------------040407040702030005020806--