Sometimes I like giving people good or bad info about individual companies. I have been meaning to give some heads up about a few good and bad companies for some time and now, as I just had a good experience with a plumber right here in NYC (after many years of bad experiences) I think it is time to pass on some advice.

EARTHLINK:  read more »

About a year ago, a little more, my step-daughter was signed up by Earthlink for an internet account. She was, and is, a minor. Her version is that they cold-called her, she told them she was a minor, and they STILL signed her up. We suspect something slightly different. She tried signing up for an advertised freebie and they didn't bother checking.

We found out because they called us for a credit card number. We discovered this thanks to a message on an answering machine. Naturally, we were pretty angry that they were trying to sign up our underage daughter.  read more »