No more XS4ALL is unthinkable

Re:No more XS4ALL is unthinkable by danieldk on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @03:47AM (#18919213)

I am an XS4ALL subscriber and this was very sad news. They are a great provider with a great history.

Note that The Netherlands had another (tiny) provider with a similarly long history and hacker ethic, DDS:

Ten years ago or so, I was a DDS subscriber. I once send an e-mail to support and was answered by a technically competent sysadmin. If KPN destroys XS4ALL, I might move to DDS again (if they offer fiber in my area).

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Re:No more XS4ALL is unthinkable by vanderZwan on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @04:45AM (#18919469)

DDS as in "De Digitale Stad"? Dang, that's pretty old school too.

Who knows, maybe the XS4ALL staff and customers can find refuge with DDS then.

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Re:No more XS4ALL is unthinkable by mcv on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @05:25AM (#18919649)

This makes me all nostalgic about those early internet days. DDS was a fantastic idea. I'm surprised it still exists. Who owns it now? Can we all support it into something like xs4all was?

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Re:No more XS4ALL is unthinkable by danieldk on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @07:14AM (#18920152)

Apparently they have recently been acquired by TransIP.

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Re:No more XS4ALL is unthinkable by vanderZwan on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @08:46AM (#18920745)

Is that good, bad, or neutral? I'm not familiar with TransIP

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Re:No more XS4ALL is unthinkable by the-dude on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @10:21AM (#18921545)

I think they are very good ( I host with them ). Excellent support.

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Re:No more XS4ALL is unthinkable by sicco on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @09:05AM (#18920905)

I think TransIP is quite ok.

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Re:No more XS4ALL is unthinkable by mosselman on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @04:58AM (#18919541)

I'd rather they create another ISP that can work hard to earn our trust. As we can clearly see with this XS4All news it isn't bad to have more than 1 option.

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Re:No more XS4ALL is unthinkable by vanderZwan on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @06:37AM (#18919958)

Good point, but my worry is that promoting themselves clearly was never XS4ALL's strong suit, at least compared to other ISPs who cared more about profits, so that might be an uphill battle.

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