Topic 'Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !' in forum 'Canadian Broadband' - dslreports.com

Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Wed, 23 May 2012 11:05:25 EDT

Comfrtbly posted : I received my DCP3000 yesterday! I get STARTed on June 11th.

Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Sat, 19 May 2012 17:55:27 EDT

Davesnothere posted :
It covers all of Cogeco's Ontario footprint, and works well so far.

I STARTed on April 12th.

Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:41:53 EDT

Davesnothere posted :
Cogeco-based CABLE service has STARTed ! :)

See »www.start.ca

Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 07:13:35 EDT

anon posted : IN regards to the ad-hock forum, this is true. There are ISP's or voip providers there (like Primus voip) which have no posts for 2 years or one or two posts this year.

Should they even be there?

The stated reason for the Ad-Hock forum is:
One day, one of these forums could grow to be a real forum

I don't think 25% of those forums have a hope in hell since some haven't had a post in 2 years.

Then there is Acanac who has had steady posts in their own forum since teksavvy got their own forum.

DSLr master-mods told them to run in their own forum and if they generate enough hype they may get one. So a few years later, now, they are still there. Yet Ebox who basically only started posting in their own forum the past 1.5 months (as opposed to Acanac who has been posting for a few years) expects to get their own forum before Acanac.

I would find that more than funny if that happened. Biased even. Perhaps even hateful and calculated.

Maybe after Ebox has 6 months or so of posts they will get upgraded to the Ad-Hock forum. Then after a few years maybe a forum, after Acanac gets theirs first since they asked for it like back in 2007 or 2008.

Now that would be fair. Anything else would be very questionable.

Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 02:29:17 EDT

Davesnothere posted :

said by jfmezei:

Went to the "Forums" page. Clicked on the "Ad Hoc Forums" "box".

It took me to:

»(board category #1 no longer exists)

And neither ebox nor start are listed there.

I just ran your test myself.

Indeed there is a list of companies there, but it is very incomplete.

When I was initially trying to help get the other 'Short-List' constructed earlier this year, I also noticed that same list as you did, and ignored it (really ignored ;)) after one of the Mods showed me the 'Rolodex' and how to get THERE - I had stumbled upon THAT once before when looking at reviews.

Even the 'Rolodex' has a few omissions, as well as likely many more outdated records.

I dunno exactly how all of the databases used by DSLR are structured and linked, but from the Rolodex and a few more individual entries, we DID manage the get the new 'Short-List' happening and THAT is the one which I'm trying to promote, and it is accessible from the CBB forum front page as I posted earlier.

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Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 23:48:27 EDT

jfmezei posted :

said by diskace:

Electronic Box is literally exploding.

diskace was refering to the popcorn in the microwave :-)

Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:41:12 EDT

diskace posted : I think JF's intentions are nowhere as bad as you picture them. JF's has always been colorful and is a great addition to our community. You have to understand the motivation behind all of this.

This man fight hard for telecom industry in the past years and is still standing for the consumers.

I get his half-humor half-truth when he claim new entrants and/or old-fellows will have to hide themselves in a ad-hoc forum. It's basically an open letter to DSLR that there should be better exposure for us and other as well.

Anyways, it's no big deal and there should always be an happy ending. Enjoy the sun, get a beer and let's move forward.

Cheers !
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Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:20:34 EDT

jfmezei posted : Went to the "Forums" page. Clicked on the "Ad Hoc Forums" "box".

It took me to:

»(board category #1 no longer exists)

And neither ebox nor start are listed there.

Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:47:20 EDT

anon posted :

said by diskace:

I hope this better answer our position.

I think it did.

In other words you are calling JF's BS out as well.

You weren't "forced" to go into hiding.

"DSLr doesn't have to fess up" that they are trying to "prevent discussions" about Ebox or trying to "prevent people from knowing" about Ebox.

You Mean DSLr didn't "shove" you there into "obscurity".

You weren't "moved" to a "hidden forum".

DSLr didn't "prevent you from growing" as a company?

These are all things JF said and alluded to.

However, you correct the fact and instead said this was your own choice and free will, for whatever reason.

I wonder why JF would hijack a Start topic to make-up and fabricate all this total and complete BS? Then toss in peoples/MOD's faces?

Oh I know... »Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

It's not often I see so much fabricated BS in one topic by one person. But, then again, this has happened once before in this forum by the same person looking for an Open-Media forum of something like that, »Openmedia's effectiveness so they can use people like "open-wallets" here once again to generate revenue.

JF, ....I no longer know what to say to you. Care to explain why your fabrications don't jive with what JP stated? And also, why are you tossing these fabrications out here when you yourself know this isn't true?

What kind of game are you playing?

Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:12:46 EDT

Davesnothere posted :

said by diskace:

We may not have a high volume, but we (especially I) have been around for over 10 years and Electronic Box is literally exploding.

So now eBox = EXPLODING BOX ? :D ;)

Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:41:08 EDT

eboxnat posted :

said by Oinktastic:

said by diskace:

Electronic Box is literally exploding.

Do you guys need us to call the fire department? That sounds serious...

Literally we are exploding in a figurative sense?

(although I am not sure if that sentence makes any sense after 3 coffees today.....)
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Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:39:00 EDT

diskace posted : ROFL. I may get a 'special' because my mother tongue is French.

Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:30:41 EDT

Oinktastic posted :

said by diskace:

We may not have a high volume, but we (especially i) have been around for over 10 years and Electronic Box is literally exploding.

Do you guys need us to call the fire department? That sounds serious...

I think it was Guspaz who did a little rant on the use of "figuratively" vs. "literally" a while ago and I've been careful to use the correct one ever since :P

Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:36:09 EDT

TwiztedZero posted :

said by diskace:

We are confident that Electronic Box will be part of the big IISP circle and we need a real forum to hold discussion. I like DSLR, it's a nice place to be. People are educated and discussing with the community is always a pleasure.

+1

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Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:41:22 EDT

diskace posted : We are now posting in our own forum simply because we want to show DSLR that we have enough regular users to get a real forum linked on the main page. We want to act like we are a real forum.

We may not have a high volume, but we (especially i) have been around for over 10 years and Electronic Box is literally exploding. We may not be elected for a real forum yet but if the community continue to read us in the Electronic Box forum chances are we will be considered a candidate for a forum listing.

We are confident that Electronic Box will be part of the big IISP circle and we need a real forum to hold discussion. I like DSLR, it's a nice place to be. People are educated and discussing with the community is always a pleasure.

I hope this better answer our position.
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Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:18:30 EDT

rocca posted : I thought I was the only one still up at 5. ;)

Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 04:53:04 EDT

Davesnothere posted :

said by TwiztedZero:

O hai, Friendly Critter here! [att=1] u haz board for me too?
waits for invite to teh BBQ

Hmmmm.... [Dave eyes critter up & down.]

Look a lot like Beaver from B$ELL.

Might end up on MENU. :o

Also carry RED version of The Faarce. [that's how Irish would say it.]

Dark Side is not that from ? [Yoda]

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Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 02:22:33 EDT
TwiztedZero posted : O hai, Friendly Critter here! [att=1] u haz board for me too?
waits for invite to teh BBQ

Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 23:38:46 EDT
arshad14 posted : I'm sorry Peter for populating this board but I've found Start to be the most friendliest board so far and could really use some help getting my money back from Distributel. Anyone know where and how I can do that because I just feel like I've been cheated big time by Distributel and am paying for service I don't have. So much for their "No Contract" BS... Sorry, just really upsetting 'cause I lost over $130 to them.

Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:16:38 EDT
anon posted :
said by jfmezei:
but it doesn't mean that it will be sustained and that the ISP should be shoved into a separate forum.

And the only ones who "shoved" them in a separate forum is Ebox themselves by only posting there.

Unless you wish to state someone else shoved them there, which to date you haven't done, but rather only made insinuations and posted nothing else but insinuations.

Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:48:38 EDT
jfmezei posted : That ISP I can't name didn't just have a high number of posts in Can Broadband, it had a sustained high number of piosts over a few months.

When an ISP announces a new plan, it does generate some traffic, but it doesn't mean that it will be sustained and that the ISP should be shoved into a separate forum.

Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:11:58 EDT
HiVolt posted : The only reason TekSavvy got their own forum is because there was just a huge amount of threads that just cluttered up Canadian Broadband.

TekSavvy forum has been the most active forum on DSLR for the past couple years.

There were other ISP's before that had good amount of discussions in Canadian Broadband, IGS, iStop, AEI, Magma, etc, etc... None of those ever got their own dedicated forum.
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Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:48:35 EDT
Davesnothere posted :
It is unfortunate that this thread has changed course so dramastically, IMNSHO.

My original plan was simply to PROMOTE AWARENESS of CHOICE.

(1) START Communications has a DSLR forum with their name on it (official or otherwise is of secondary importance to ME), and

(2) IF you DO want to use it, HERE is HOW....

Whether some of you brought baggage here when it should have been left at the door, and/or whether the uncommon heat of the not-yet-declared-springtime has youse on edge to revisit old issues (and admittedly, one part of me DOES enjoy reading such stuff, though another part feels grumpy that you had to post it in here), might I respectfully ask that y'all please do so in another thread (or forum, if that suits ;)) and I promise to visit and read it if I get a heads up that a match is ON. :) :) :)
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Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:45:32 EDT
El Quintron posted :
said by state:
said by El Quintron:
Quick question for you... assuming I was an ISP, could I request my own "non-cover forum" irrespective of the volume I was generating?

The simplest answer is no, it doesn't really work like that.

At which point I'm going to have to nag you to find out exactly how it works, because although you tried to explain it earlier I didn't quite get it. :p

Specifically what makes a "listed" forum for an ISP?
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Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:12:28 EDT
state posted :
said by El Quintron:
Quick question for you... assuming I was an ISP, could I request my own "non-cover forum" irrespective of the volume I was generating?

The simplest answer is no, it doesn't really work like that.

Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:07:41 EDT
anon posted :
said by jfmezei:
"History" you misred understood what I meant.

If I misunderstood, or read it the wrong way then I offer my apology.

But...

said by jfmezei:
My feeling is that unless DSLR is willing to fess up and give those ISPs a real forum, then discussions should continue here.

Fess up to what?

said by jfmezei:
There is no point in discussing this. DSLR owners do as they wish with their BBS system. If they feel that some ISPs should be shoved into some obscure forums that don't appear on the list of canadian ISPs, there is nothing we can do about it.
Who is shoving who where?

said by jfmezei:
I feel sad for those ISPs condemned to those obscure forums
Who condemned them exactly? Could it be some kid behind a kybd telling people not to post here and the sheeple actually listen?

said by jfmezei:
By moving the small ISPs to the hidden forums
Come on, JF, no one was moved anywhere. Nor was anyone put in a hidden forum. Even when the "A to Z index" existed, and was easier to use and find on DSLr, they were there and made one post a year.

Nothing moved. No one hid anything. No one shoved anything anywhere. There is nothing to fess up to. No one was condemned.

The choice is made by either the Ebox owner or even the Start owner as to what they want to do and how they do it. Not some kid in front of a kybd.

I don't think I misunderstood you. You know all this. Or i really need more coffee because I really don't grasp what you are saying.

Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:32:41 EDT
rocca posted : Can't we all just be friends? :) Seriously though, if we warrant a forum on legitimate grounds great - if not, that's great too. We're not looking for special treatment and wherever I see a question directed at me I'll answer it - but you won't find me spamming forums drumming up volume, nor will you find me lurking in threads for other ISP's chiming in with sales chat.

As for support forums on our own site, we've toyed with the idea a few times - the problem is that it is less effective to provide specific trouble-shooting through forums rather than directly one-on-one with the customers as there are questions/steps we can't really ask our customers in public for privacy reasons. Even something as simple as "can you check the connection in your basement" borders on revealing personal information about them. We're really good at direct email support (IMHO) and so for electronic support that's what we've focused on. The forums are great for FAQ and other general questions though of course.

Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:15:18 EDT
TwiztedZero posted : Like I said earlier... If you're providing a product and you also want to provide customer forum support in relation to said product, one can always set up a server and install your own forum software, and place your own authorized staff to work on it. Its no really huge biggie.

Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:10:07 EDT
jfmezei posted : "History" you misred understood what I meant.

That ISP I cannot name had the volume of messages that was not only high, but also constant in Can Broadband to justify creation of its own formal forum.

Neither Ebox nor Start have this. They had a small spike of messages that was not sustained and nowhere near the level of activity that TSI generated on Can Broadband.

By moving the small ISPs to the hidden forums, it will prevent them from growing to a point where DSLR will judge they are big enough to warrant having their own "real" forums.

The solution is either to "unhide" those forums by listing them in the Cananadian page and/or at the top of Can Broadband, or leave discussions in Can Broadband until these ISPs demonstrate they have such high volume of discussions that they warrant their own real forum.

Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:40:54 EDT
El Quintron posted :
said by state:
If that "ISP I can't name" chooses to contain themselves in their cover forum, then it's their choice. We never told them to stop posting in CanBB.

Quick question for you... assuming I was an ISP, could I request my own "non-cover forum" irrespective of the volume I was generating?
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Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:38:59 EDT
anon posted :
said by state:
Sigh.

What he is getting at is that Ebox should have their own forum just like TSI because they have 4 or so topics and not a lot of exposure.

He's playing a game here.

Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:38:53 EDT
anon posted :
said by jfmezei:
Forcing small ISPs to go hide in some obscure unlisted forums is a sure fire way to kill off discussions and prevent them from becoming better known.

See here you are again playing the game as was stated in my post above.

No where has anyone stated they need to be in their own cover forum.

The only people "forcing" this is A) the owner of the ISP if they choose not to post here and instead post in a cover forum B) Customers (and even non-customers) spamming topics created here telling people to post to the cover forum instead.

No one else is "forcing" anything, as you put it.

Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:38:36 EDT
anon posted :
said by jfmezei:
There is no point in discussing this. DSLR owners do as they wish with their BBS system. If they feel that some ISPs should be shoved into some obscure forums that don't appear on the list of canadian ISPs, there is nothing we can do about it.

I feel sad for those ISPs condemned to those obscure forums, having been guilty of getting their 15 seconds of fame on Can Broadband when they announced new packages. This happened before one could even conclude that these small ISPs would generate a constant and overwhelming flow of messages on Can Broadband (has had been the case with that ISP I can't name)

Actually I found it pretty stupid that they (both Ebox owner and users) spammed everyone who posted here to instead post in the other cover forum. I always found that it brings less exposure and less people will be aware of them. After-all, not everyone hangs out here daily to know what's going on.

The people who spammed the Ebox threads here... well... Dumb.

But each to their own, I guess.

In regards to the "ISP you can not name" and in regards to what The furry blue guy said. I don't think the furry blue guy knows you were threatened by one of teksavvy's lawyers (if this was true) to keep your mouth shut and not participate in CRTC filings. Thus you never uttered their name again. So that is a bit of history for those who don't know, like the bug fuzzy blue guy.

So having explained this, one has to also realized the volume of posts teksavvy had. You are well aware of this and you are starting sh*t here for nothing by playing dumb and even thinking they should have a full forum.

TSI had their own cover forum, just like Ebox. However TSI's cover forum was actually used. Not just a tiny few posts. It was full.

In addition to the cover forum being full of posts daily, this forum was also filled daily with TSI posts.

So we had two forum completely over-run with TSI posts and any other ISP in this forum was drowned out (except when Rocky would threaten JP of Ebox, that was fun).

Then the mod's locked all the TSI topics and moved all topics to the newly created TSI forum. All we seen was locked topic after locked topic. IT WAS A LOT. Not a piddly 4 posts or so.

So JF, I was around for that as were you. Yet you seem to equate the piddly 4 posts the the dozens and dozens as justification for your remark.

So to quote you:
said by jfmezei:
This happened before one could even conclude that these small ISPs would generate a constant and overwhelming flow of messages on Can Broadband (has had been the case with that ISP I can't name)

It's not often I will call you out as fulla chit, but this happens to the case right here and right now. AND you know this.

However, if you want to state that most of the posts and reviews for "the ISP whom you cannot name" was BS and the owners asked people to create these posts and reviews in the forums to generate hype, that I will agree with since I was once of them asked.

Why not play fire with fire instead of making up things that weren't actually true? I mean come on, Even JP and Paul knew this was happening. Paul was in on the spam game as well.

Ths is the DSLr history, these were the fights by the 3 owners of certain ISP's going on in this very forum. And this is how it went down. You know all this, yet you chose to pretend it isn't so.

So now maybe people have a better understanding of what you were saying as well.

Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 06:32:35 EDT
state posted :
said by jfmezei:
I feel sad for those ISPs condemned to those obscure forums, having been guilty of getting their 15 seconds of fame on Can Broadband when they announced new packages. This happened before one could even conclude that these small ISPs would generate a constant and overwhelming flow of messages on Can Broadband (has had been the case with that ISP I can't name)

Sigh.

Who's condemning them to the cover forums? In this case, the members in this forum are by advocating that everyone post over there instead of here.

I think there's a general lack of understanding on how the ad-hoc forums work, so let me try to clear it up. The ad-hoc/cover forums aren't created because there's a need, or because someone asked for them, or because "we" (DSLR) want to limit providers to those forums. They're created automatically when a new member review is published for a company. It's an optional place to contain the discussions related to the provider.

If that "ISP I can't name" chooses to contain themselves in their cover forum, then it's their choice. We never told them to stop posting in CanBB.

Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 06:13:42 EDT
BliZZardX posted : That did it! Thanks MacGyver!

Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 01:04:03 EDT
TwiztedZero posted :
said by jfmezei:
There is no point in discussing this. DSLR owners do as they wish with their BBS system. If they feel that some ISPs should be shoved into some obscure forums that don't appear on the list of canadian ISPs, there is nothing we can do about it.

/me shudders at the spectre of forums like digitalhome with assine policies.

But the fact is true, forum owner(s) will do as they please with their boards. And it really shouldn't be a huge obstacle, because anyone who wants to can go off and host their own forum on their own server eh? Plenty of product vendors host forums for their customer support issues.

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Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:59:06 EDT
jfmezei posted : There is no point in discussing this. DSLR owners do as they wish with their BBS system. If they feel that some ISPs should be shoved into some obscure forums that don't appear on the list of canadian ISPs, there is nothing we can do about it.

I feel sad for those ISPs condemned to those obscure forums, having been guilty of getting their 15 seconds of fame on Can Broadband when they announced new packages. This happened before one could even conclude that these small ISPs would generate a constant and overwhelming flow of messages on Can Broadband (has had been the case with that ISP I can't name)

Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:45:29 EDT
geokilla posted :
said by state:
Could you maybe articulate that a bit? I'm not clear on what you're asking.

Quoted the wrong post on my Playbook.

Anyways it was said that there's a board software issue, which causes new ISPs such as Electronic Box and Start to not show up under Canadian. Why not switch to another board entirely, such as VBulletin or phpBB? Out of all the forums I visit, I hate to say it but I hate this forum the most. The layout, posting links, Youtube videos, etc. just feels so hard to work with sometimes compared to other forums.

Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:09:04 EDT
MacGyver posted :
said by BliZZardX:
Is there a way to add the forum to my favourites?
Yes.

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/cover,2941?fav=cover,2941

To unset

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/cover,2941?ufav=cover,2941

You can add any ad-hoc forum to your favorite forums this way.

Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 20:52:51 EDT
state posted :
said by geokilla:
Why now to give the forums here an overhaul as well? I feel that it is much needed here... It can be really hard to work with sometimes.

Could you maybe articulate that a bit? I'm not clear on what you're asking.

Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 20:51:21 EDT
geokilla posted :
said by state:
said by jfmezei:
Forcing small ISPs to go hide in some obscure unlisted forums is a sure fire way to kill off discussions and prevent them from becoming better known.

My feeling is that unless DSLR is willing to fess up and give those ISPs a real forum, then discussions should continue here.

I have to agree completely. The Canadian Broadband forum is the third most popular board on this site. 471 frequent posters and 2,941 members have marked it as a favorite forum. That's a lot of exposure. If I were a smaller (or relatively new or unheard of ISP) this is where I'd want my topics to be.

(Not implying that START is small, just a general statement).

Why now to give the forums here an overhaul as well? I feel that it is much needed here... It can be really hard to work with sometimes.

Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 20:38:56 EDT
Davesnothere posted :
said by Last Parade:
This wasn't needed.

Please clarify/quote.

Do you mean separate forums, one particular comment of mine (or someone else's), the whole thread, or could it be the wonderful weather we're having this afternoon ?

Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:39:56 EDT
state posted :
said by jfmezei:
Forcing small ISPs to go hide in some obscure unlisted forums is a sure fire way to kill off discussions and prevent them from becoming better known.

My feeling is that unless DSLR is willing to fess up and give those ISPs a real forum, then discussions should continue here.

I have to agree completely. The Canadian Broadband forum is the third most popular board on this site. 471 frequent posters and 2,941 members have marked it as a favorite forum. That's a lot of exposure. If I were a smaller (or relatively new or unheard of ISP) this is where I'd want my topics to be.

(Not implying that START is small, just a general statement).

Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:33:07 EDT
BliZZardX posted : If I click the mini-bar wrench I only get Location and Icon size options, no green buttons

This seems pretty unconventional, how did you learn about it?

I've been using Favourite Forums literally for as long as I've been registered, but the forum has to be on a special list in order to be added by users: »/forums/all?choose=1

Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:11:47 EDT
TwiztedZero posted :
said by BliZZardX:
I use that mini-bar to access fav forums and new posts too. Where is the green + though and what does that do?

green button is on the mini-bar, U press opens up a flyout dialog where you can choose the icon you want on your min-bar to 'identify' the forum, and you can add a title to it too. The icons are fairly stock, nothing particularly "iconic" as far as themes go. When you're on a page you allready have an icon set for there is no green button because now its a red one to do the opposite and delete that icon from your mini-bar. By the way theres also a mini-bar config manager HERE

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Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:05:44 EDT
BliZZardX posted : I use that mini-bar to access fav forums and new posts too. Where is the green + though and what does that do?

Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:56:50 EDT
TwiztedZero posted : I personally use the ' DSLR forum mini-bar and stick a custom icon from the box list on each forum I 'mark'. Easily accessible no matter what board I'm on. Of course you'll only see that if you're logged into DSLR.

Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:53:00 EDT
TwiztedZero posted :
said by jfmezei:
Forcing small ISPs to go hide in some obscure unlisted forums is a sure fire way to kill off discussions and prevent them from becoming better known.

My feeling is that unless DSLR is willing to fess up and give those ISPs a real forum, then discussions should continue here.

+1 Agrees.
Though I wonder what criteria has to be met to qualify for their own support forum on DSLR.
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Re: START has a Discussion Forum at DSLR !

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:26:50 EDT
Last Parade posted : This wasn't needed.