Greetings, Murray...

 Murray Lesser hastily said to All:

 ML> Hi--

 ML>     I have been a subscriber to IBM Internet Connection Services
 ML> (ibm.net) since Warp 3 was a pup.

After some backing and filling for about a year, so have I...  I guess you've
noticed the gradual removal of certain features, too.

(Used to be unlimited, now 100 hours; now have to pay for additional ID's
unless you started before 97 IIRC; now only one of the ID's -- parent or child 
-- can be signed on at a time; addition of "roaming" charges; etc.).

 ML>   As you may remember, IBM sold this
 ML> operation to AT&T last year for a mess of pottage and several other
 ML> considerations.

But mostly the pottage...

 ML>     It seems that ibm.net has classified me as a "consumer" customer
 ML> (which, in truth, I am), not as a "business" customer.

Odd... I didn't get classified as a "consumer" customer (although, in fact, I
am).   Everything in the letter I got refers to my ID being
"customer@attglobal.net" where it's now "customer@ibm.net".

I wonder if it's because my "parent" ID has 4 "children" (one wife, three
children to be precise ).

 ML>  If I do nothing  about it, I will be transferred to AT&T's WorldNet ML>
 ML> services.

No mention of Worldnet in my letter... I would probably be seriously checking
out the locals if it were, given what I've seen about Worldnet here and in
OS2INET.

Hmmm... just a second while I check the French part of the letter... not
there, either..

 ML>     It appears that the newly constituted AT&T Business Internet
 ML> Services will provide "the technology" (and services available) of the
 ML> former IBM Internet Connection Services (prices not quoted).

I would hope that the price wouldn't increase, since we're paying a premium
well above the local rate for 100 hours ($29.95 + tax vs $19.95 + tax CDN).
And Internet Direct (the new incarnation, I think) is advertising unlimited
access with 5 email ID's and web page space for $24.95....

 ML>     Comments from other users of ibm.net would be appreciated.

Done for now.  I'm going to check if I got another message as soon as I can
get connected.

        -- Bob

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