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[dimcom.general] Phone problems

On 13 Oct 1997 11:54:01 -0700, in alt.humor.best-of-usenet Ben
Cantrick <[email protected]> wrote:

>[Submitter's note:  Dimensional Communications is an ISP here in the
>Denver, CO area.  This was a post to one of its local newsgroups as part
>of a thread about some apparent phone troubles that it was having.]
>
>Subject: Re: Phone problems 
>From: [email protected] (Aaron, just Aaron)
>Newsgroups: dimcom.general
>
>Andy Collier <[email protected]> wrote:
>>You'll find busy lines are quite commonplace with almost any of 
>>the "big guys" - while they are an exception here.
>
>Roger that.
>
>I remember my first ISP.  You always remember your first.  Halcyon.com in
>Seattle.  So quick, so light, so ... responsive.  She was never too busy
>for me.  It felt almost wrong, we were both so young.  But how can love be
>wrong?  It was a magical time.
>
>Then we were ripped apart.  I moved to Boulder, for a job.  How many
>relationships have been ruined by money?  We tried to pretend at first, we
>told each other that nothing would change, it would just be a long
>distance relationship.  But I couldn't afford the phone bills, and there
>was the time zone difference.  So we had to face reality, and parted ways.
>
>I soon discovered that I can't bear to be alone.  There was an emptiness
>in my life.  I tried reading the Halcyon newsgroups from work, but of
>course I was blocked.  Probably best, it was an unhealthy thing to do.
>What was next, fly to Seattle and stand outside the POP, in the rain?
>
>I searched the yellow pages, hoping I could find a relationship that way.
>But I was fearful.  What if long distance got in the way again?  Then I
>found what I thought I needed.  Netcom.  They were everywhere!  I could
>travel, or change jobs, and never be without my provider.  And they wanted
>me.  They told me so, right on the phone.
>
>It was a relief, but looking back I'm sure it was a rebound relationship.
>And I kept getting mixed signals from Netcom, busy signals.  She said she
>wanted me, but at the same time she implied that she wouldn't be creating
>any new shell accounts.  But a shell account was the foundation of our
>relationship.  I felt insecure, I couldn't be sure she'd always support a
>shell account.  And she was always after me to use this GUI.  She said she
>could get it for me for free.  Well, what you do with yourself in the
>privacy of your POP is up to you, I won't judge, but I'm just not into
>that GUI stuff.
>
>I finally had to leave, she gave me one busy signal too many.  I cancelled
>without even taking my files.
>
>Well, then started a time in my life I'm not too proud of.  I bummed
>around from ISP to ISP, anyone who had a POP, local or national, I didn't
>care.  I was a slut.
>
>It got to the point where I couldn't even remember the name of the ISP I
>was with.  I woke up one morning, bleary eyed, staring at my monitor, and
>couldn't even remember what state my ISP was in, or even if it was in the
>East or the West.
>
>I'd hit bottom.  Next stop Hell.
>
>I cancelled my account by sending mail to support; I don't even know who's
>support it was.  Still don't.
>
>Somehow I hooked up with Dimensional.  We've both been around.  We don't
>ask too much from each other, give each other a lot of space.  I think the
>key to a lasting relationship is realistic expectations, of both yourself
>and your partner.  And never be too busy for each other.
>
>The keyboarding is satisfying.  Nothing wild, just ten fingers up, 101
>keys down.  It works for us.
>
>But sometimes, when I'm keyboarding late at night, I think of
>Halcyon.  You always remember your first.
>
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