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Infinite Hybrid · 10-26-2003, 03:58 PM

Howdy, I have a question for you guys, have any of you heard of the company IXP (website: www.ixp.net). I have a couple of friends who work for them, and I've been told their bad news. Anyone with some first hand knowledge of them or used their services before?

Personally, I think they are legit but they are taking money from not too tech sound people.

steveincolumbus · 10-26-2003, 04:52 PM

try contacting the Better Business Bureau in your area and see if there are any complaints

maybe try talking to your friends

arch13 · 10-26-2003, 07:27 PM

Seems like another small regional ISP. Their sites to flashy for my taste as i prefer quality of service over company image but they seem a small marginally stable company with a small customer base.
There are several websites devoted to rating ISP's based on service quality. Google them and find out what others are saying.

munchini · 10-26-2003, 07:56 PM

well any local isp would charge that low, the only "5x speed increase" they're advertising is for text and pictures; they have a compression scheme which allows for faster data to be sent, but audio and video will still be slow.

yotta · 10-26-2003, 11:43 PM

There's a bunch of these kinds of things. It uses a compressed proxy and cacheing to speed things up. Only surfing is sped up, donwloads are still slow.

Earthlink offeres something simmilar.

Infinite Hybrid · 10-27-2003, 02:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by munchini
well any local isp would charge that low, the only "5x speed increase" they're advertising is for text and pictures; they have a compression scheme which allows for faster data to be sent, but audio and video will still be slow.

Yeah, that's what I figured out now. I don't know about the numbers their posting (I doubt a compressed 56K comes close to broadband).

arch13 - good idea

tinfoil · 10-28-2003, 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Infinite Hybrid
I have a couple of friends who work for them, and I've been told their bad news.

That should set off alarm bells.

10-26-2003, 03:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
Infinite Hybrid Crazy	IXP.net Legit or Not Howdy, I have a question for you guys, have any of you heard of the company IXP (website: www.ixp.net). I have a couple of friends who work for them, and I've been told their bad news. Anyone with some first hand knowledge of them or used their services before? Personally, I think they are legit but they are taking money from not too tech sound people. __________________ paramedics fell into the wound like a rehired scab at a barehanded plant an anesthetic penance beneath the hail of contraband

10-26-2003, 07:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
arch13 Loves my girl in thongs Location: North of Mexico, South of Canada	Seems like another small regional ISP. Their sites to flashy for my taste as i prefer quality of service over company image but they seem a small marginally stable company with a small customer base. There are several websites devoted to rating ISP's based on service quality. Google them and find out what others are saying. __________________ Seen on an employer evaluation: "The wheel is turning but the hamsters dead" ____________________________ Is arch13 really a porn diety ? find out after the film at 11. -Nanofever

10-26-2003, 11:43 PM	#5 (permalink)
yotta Irresponsible	There's a bunch of these kinds of things. It uses a compressed proxy and cacheing to speed things up. Only surfing is sped up, donwloads are still slow. Earthlink offeres something simmilar. __________________ I am Jack's signature.

10-26-2003, 04:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
steveincolumbus Psycho Location: BFE, Kentucky	try contacting the Better Business Bureau in your area and see if there are any complaints maybe try talking to your friends

10-26-2003, 07:56 PM	#4 (permalink)
munchini Psycho Location: Chair	well any local isp would charge that low, the only "5x speed increase" they're advertising is for text and pictures; they have a compression scheme which allows for faster data to be sent, but audio and video will still be slow.