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Whatever your level of expertise, one of these five ISPs has just what you need for happy surfing.
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CNET review
(3/6/01)
By Matt Lake, Molly Wood, and Gregg Keizer
You're already online--that much is obvious. But if you're like the rest of us, the grass always seems greener on the other dial-up line. Maybe it actually is. If your Internet service provider can't keep up, or if it's too slow or expensive
But where should you turn? If you want to stick with a local ISP, check out CNET's ISP comparison service, where you can sift through the hundreds of ISPs in your area.
To go with a nationally known quantity, however, read on. We test-drove five of the largest national ISPs operating in the United States--America Online, AT&T WorldNet, CompuServe, EarthLink, and MSN Internet Access--to find out which provided the best balance of dial-up connections, customer service, useful features, and an all-around pleasant experience. Read on to discover which of the Big Five is our favorite.
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For our Editors' Choice, we've picked an ISP that caters to beginners and Web heads alike. Read on for more.
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A CNET Internet contributor and editor of RegSelect, Matt Lake goes through ISPs like Super Bowl watchers go through Doritos. Gregg Keizer is a contributing editor for CNET Internet. Molly Wood is an associate editor for CNET Internet. Got a comment for one of them? Pass it along.
