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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 wit
by danieldk 8y ago
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:
https://dds.nl https://dds.nl
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).
- vanderZwan 8y agoDDS 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.
- mosselman 8y agoI'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.
- vanderZwan 8y agoGood 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.
- mcv 8y agoThis 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?
- danieldk 8y agoApparently they have recently been acquired by TransIP.
- vanderZwan 8y agoIs that good, bad, or neutral? I'm not familiar with TransIP