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| The Rating Groups:
We are reviewing randomly picked Internet Service providers in the following major groups:
· Free ISPs
· Low-cost ISPs
· Special Interest ISPs
· Major ISPs
· General (All other)
The Rating Categories:
The final rating for every ISP we review is generated from the individual
ratings that our reviewers give it. Note: The final rating is NOT an
average of the following six ratings; each of these things is weighted
differently to come up with the final overall rating.
· Longevity (age)
· Speed, latency, "busies"
· Customer Support
· Features
· Value (price, extra fees)
and
· Reviewer's Angle.
This last rating basically lets a reviewer sway the final rating--either higher or lower--based on the reviewer's experience with an ISP. Here's an example: An ISP might have really good connectivity but really bad support--so it gets a low Reviewer's Angle rating to keep the overall rating low, since the ISP ultimately isn't fun to use. Or an ISP might have poor website and limited set of extra features but have a very good service and support--so it might get a high Reviewer's Angle to boost the overall rating a bit.
· We here at The ISP List build our reviews around certain guidelines, but keep in mind that we also have different reviewers with different opinions and writing styles. Writers aren't expected to strictly follow the reviews and ratings of ISPs that they didn't review themselves. Sometimes this leads to noticeable differences between reviews and ratings of different ISPs.
· The bottom line is that no two companies are alike, and no two sets of needs are the same therefore our reviews consider each provider on its own merits. This means that even for similar ISPs, we review each individual company by itself on its own terms, instead of just trying to keep our ratings of these ISPs in line with each other. So even though our reviews will ideally be written with the same exact standards, different people write for The ISP List -- so not every review will follow every other review 100 percent of the time.
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Disclaimer:
· Copyrights reserved.
· Materials published here may not be
reproduced without an explicit written permission of The ISP List.
· The texts of these reviews have been provided by the independent
reviewers and are only monitored for offensive or damaging material.
· Factual details provided by the authors (and their agenda or motives for
posting their messages) may not be checked.
· The views expressed
on this page are those of the individuals involved and may not coincide with
the those of The ISP List.
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