Illuminati Online is one of the oldest internet service providers in Austin, dating back to the days when most people had never heard of "internet", and Al Gore hadn't thought to claim the credit for it. The cheerfully independent service is also one of the best in Austin, with a number of "Best of Austin" awards as presented by the Austin Chronicle. Even better, they don't run hundreds of annoying commercials every weekend comparing themselves to one of the worst national ISPs; they prefer to spend money on rock-solid servers and live 24-hour technical support.

It was only natural for the ASB, therefore, to approach Steve Jackson and the fine folks at "IO," as it's known locally, when it came time to move the domain recently. Much to our delight, they agreed to donate not only a web site, but everything required for us to have the domain hosted at Illuminati. Disk space (lots of it), streaming Real Audio for our music (though now we will have to re-record some tracks to take advantage of this!), and everything else a domain owner could ever want. Compared to the last time we moved our domain, everything this time was a piece of cake, and the technical support (with a tip o' the hat to Sandra King) has been superb.

So, if you need to get internet service in Houston or Austin, check out what Illuminati Online has to offer. You'll be glad you did .. and if you tell 'em "asb" sent you, we will too. Fnord! (what does that mean? Sorry, you're not cleared for that.)