"Over the last two and one half years combined between me and my wife, we have been thrilled with the service. Across the country we have used both local and national Internet service providers, and have found without a doubt that Internet Effects is the best considering connect time, speed and online activity without being disconnected. Often times we run into people who use other service providers just to hear their long stories how they are constantly being bumped off or unable to connect via a myriad of reasons. First of all, unless one travels extensively there is no reason to use a national service provider, which tends to dictate your use of the Internet. The local providers offer more consistency and are not as intrusive, allowing more personal freedoms, which is what it's all about! However Internet Effects by our experience has been top notch, and it is extremely simple to use. There are no catch 22's nor does one have to be bombarded with service advertisements while surfing. You simply log in with your name and password and within a few seconds you are online. No waiting on internal Internet connection programs that some companies use that delay connect time by up to several minutes or more. You are ready to retrieve your "spam-free email" and begin your day's surfing in mere seconds with Internet Effects. Put it this way, if a top national ISP offered me their service for five bucks a month, I would still stay with Internet Effects, and I say this out of long range experience and because it happened. Let the facts speak for themselves, Internet Effects offers quality connection service and speed, which is most important to us, bar none to anyone else we have tried or heard about including other local ISP's." - John & Vicki, January 2004