Anon | reply to Anon
Re: Anybody heard anything final about IBS Networks?
Dear IBS Networks Customer:
3-28-01 9:41pm EST
We have just been notified by NorthPoint that they are starting to
shut down their network tonight. This means your DSL service will
not work after they shut down.
We are still working on the details to move your service to a different
carrier. We expect to have this in place very soon.
For the last Northpoint letter: (PDF)
»www.goibsdsl.com/pdfs/np-shutdown.pdf
Please check our website for details:
»www.goibsdsl.com/northpoint-disaster.htm
You can add any email addresses that you want us to use to keep
you up to date on this unfolding story as things happen on this page.
If you have any questions, please contact IBS Networks support at:
mailto:support@goibsdsl.com |
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MantricOptic
join:2001-03-24
Baltimore, MD |  3/29/01 Still up in MD. |
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Anon |  reply to Anon
Storm Clouds Are Gathering, But I'm Still Up...
Things aren't looking too good. I got my latest doomsday message from IBS, as well as a link to the letter from Liz that officially states the network is going down. However, I'm posting this from a live connection on Thursday 3/29, 6:45AM EST.
It probably won't last much longer, I fear... |
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Anon | reply to Anon
Re: Anybody heard anything final about IBS Networks?
Still up on IBS networks here in Herndon VA at 7:22 EST...probably won't be for long the way it looks though |
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bjames
join:2000-03-30
Vincentown, NJ
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I will say that I have enjoyed the service out in the boonies where I live. Lowly dialup yields an avg connect of 26.4kb.. so you can guess how happy I was to get IDSL some 31k' away from the CO. The network service has always been impressive. Weather causes outages now and then, but that's been my only complaint. The customer service though.. there's another story. I agree with most of the posts here - it's lacking. It's extremely evident now, especially since I had little reason to require any previously..
Now that I do, I get that little request form. I imagine it's a post command that gets directed to >null ?!
With the short notice we've been slapped with, and the 7mos left on my contract, I'd appreciate a little human feedback on what is actually being done for the paid customers. Being told that switching efforts are being made comes across as totally insincere when no effort is made to even answer the phone. I'm not seeing any urgency or actual concern. To date, I've not received any calls or personal email from them. Is it any wonder why I'm angry and feel like we're being lied to?
Other than the nightly gloom letter, there's no news from them.. What gives? |
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PatientGuy
I'M Way Deep Into Nothing Special
Premium
join:2000-12-11
Arlington, VA
clubs:
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The deathwatch continues. I am still up and running 3/29/01 @ 2:45 PM. This is nerve-racking. I was scared to cancel my Verizon ADSL line but I never it used since I got the IBS/Northpoint line. I tried it yesterday to make sure it still worked. Man does the WinPoet 640/90 ADSL suck compared to 784/784 SDSL. Regardless of their lame support etc. IBS/Northpoint was the best deal anywhere. I guess I should consider myself lucky to have DSL at all but I'm bummin'.
There is a ton of good info at »www.clec-planet.com/ buy the way. One story contained info about "A coalition of ISPs has been working over the past week to negotiate the terms under which NorthPoint's network would largely remain in place so that customers could be transitioned in an orderly way to other last-mile partners". »www.clec-planet.com/news/000103/···ity.html. |
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tp0d
yabbazooie
Premium
join:2001-02-13
Carnegie, PA
clubs:
 ·Verizon FIOS
| hmm... dead i believe
welp... my addy at home is now dead... i`ll be going home in a couple here to see if i can reset my modem and mebe sustain a link.... hope it isnt gone for good... *sigh*
tp()d
pittsburgh, pa
ibs 784ksdsl(rip)
***edit***
WTF i can ping my gateway, 216.64.226.1, but i cant ping my node??? hmmmm i would think the backend ds3's would be the first to eat it... mebe some assmunch at&t tech shutdown the dslam... sigh
[text was edited by author 2001-03-29 17:14:19] |
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kollaps
@home.net | I'm dead....
I'm a IBS user in northern NJ... I went down as of 15 minutes ago (about 5:05pm). My ssh connection simply died.
R.I.P. 768/768 DSL... awaiting Optimum Online from Cablevision in a few months. |
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ASELabs
join:2000-09-06
Westfield, NJ | Me too. Exactly 5pm my connection died. I'm glad I have my laptop with aol handy.
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Northpoint dead: IBS Won't refund prepaid Months!!! |
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dms1964
join:2000-11-09
Cleveland, OH | reply to Anon
Re: Anybody heard anything final about IBS Networks?
Lost IBS at 5:01 in Cleveland, Oh. For all the problems we've all had with customer service, it must be said that the dsl service itself was second to none. Too bad i paid for a year of service and only received 5 months. |
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Anon | reply to MantricOptic
ARGH.. Service just went down: 5:20pm IBS better pay me back the money they owe me. This is unacceptable.... |
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Anon | reply to Anon
Pinging 64.14.108.32 with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Lost connection in D.C.
Still got a Link light so who knows.. |
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PatientGuy
I'M Way Deep Into Nothing Special
Premium
join:2000-12-11
Arlington, VA
clubs: | reply to Anon
At 5:43 PM 3/29/01 In Arlington VA. my line went dead. It was down for an hour Tues night so maybe… but I think this is the end of the good old days of cheap SDSL  |
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kollaps
@home.net
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Well, I'm upset as you are and I'm sure other prepaid customers are too in regards to refunds.
Don't forget, IBS filed for bankruptcy too. Tis dark times for Internet related things in general....
Or you can also say: "Oh, what sad times are these when passing ruffians can say 'ni' at will to Old ladies" |
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PatientGuy
I'M Way Deep Into Nothing Special
Premium
join:2000-12-11
Arlington, VA
clubs: |  All I wanted was a path a path! (and maybe a shrubbery) |
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PatientGuy
I'M Way Deep Into Nothing Special
Premium
join:2000-12-11
Arlington, VA
clubs:
| reply to Anon
3-29-01, 6:10pm
Update: NorthPoint has pulled our plug on all customers in:
VA, DC, MD, FL, GA, NY, NJ, PA, DE, MA, RI, CT, NH
If you are located in one of those States, NorthPoint has terminated
your DSL service.
Oh Mama can this really be the end? To be stuck inside of Mobile
with the Memphis blues again. |
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Headless Roadrunner
@216.25.x.x | Must...not...call...for...Cable...
If you've ever had Cable you know that it can be a different sort of HELL. "...but its better than Dial-Up", Riiiiiight. Keep telling yerself that.
20 more days till Speakeasy...Come On Boys (*ahem and Girls), don't let me down! |
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PatientGuy
I'M Way Deep Into Nothing Special
Premium
join:2000-12-11
Arlington, VA
clubs:
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Re: Anybody heard anything final about IBS Networks?
Sign anti AT&T Petition online
»www.PetitionOnline.com/StopATT/petition.html
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Lmahmud
join:2000-06-29
Trinidad
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My DSL died earlier this afternoon. Silver Spring, MD Norhpoint/IBS 384K/384K.
-Luq
Check this out:
From »www.clec-planet.com/news/000103/···wer.html
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Mpower Offers Northpoint Transition
Wayne Kawamoto
Managing Editor, CLEC-Planet
March 29, 2001 -- Mpower Communications is offering a way for NorthPoint Internet customers to transition their Internet service, as well as to integrate their voice and data communications with a single provider.
Mpower says that NorthPoint business customers can easily transition to Mpower's high-speed SDSL service without having to purchase any additional equipment. A national retail provider of both data and voice services, Mpower also offers business customers the opportunity to integrate their local telephone service with their broadband communications.
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Lmahmud
join:2000-06-29
Trinidad | Forgot to post mPower's web address: »www.mpowercom.com
-Luq |
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