Respect, Dignity, and Speed
In the age of broadband it's sort of funny to see people trying to figure out ways to squeeze out a few extra bytes per second out of their dial-up. In my reviews I tend to avoid the speed issue, as my own phone lines sux (Serge says I can swear as long as I do it in Latin) and I'm not equipped to measure anybody�s benchmarks, so most of what I would offer (like I'm doing today) is hearsay. To satisfy your curiosity about how your kbps stacks up, you can have your surfing speed measured at numion.com. We'll devote more time to the haste/waste issue another day.
Poetworld users who are folks who know about such things, swear that the little ISPs are faster than the big boys (theyve the numbers to prove it) and that of the little guys, whom we at the ISP list affectionately call moms and pops, nobody burns rubber better than those B.A. (Serge says acronyms are okay too) poets.
You cant help but like poetworld. Steve who is both mom and pop to his crew of five and burgeoning membership has a rosy outlook you would never know it by his poems which bear such titles as �Dead� and the bit cheerier Almost Dead. In his own words, Steve says, Our ISP is doing great; we are growing by leaps and bounds lately, well for an operation this small, which is very nice Steve learned the biz from the consumers perspective as an administrator of another "dotcom".
I was approached by an ex-vice president for Freei.net and was asked if I would like to make a go at running my own ISP. I said sure why not. One year later, we have one of the most successful ISP's out there not only because of the price the customer is always Number One they should always be treated with the respect and dignity they deserve.
Viva la Revolution.
Part of the double-edged sword of running cheap is that you need numbers, but can't afford advertising.
Poetworld depends on word of mouth, and fortunately for them, no where are people more mouthy than the World Wide Web. But if you don't need a lot of bells and whistles, still yearn for the FreeWeb, have a bit of net savvy, and don't mind saving money, this ISP is a very good choice. For price, personality, reliability, simplicity, clarity and yes speed, I give poetworld.com four thumbs-ups.