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On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 13:01, Dow Hurst wrote:
> Our users have Earthlink/Mindspring, CharterCable, and
> Bellsouth. I have Earthlink. Each user has slightly
> different configurations of DSL modems and accounts.
> Overall, once the service is setup with our firewalls, it is
> pretty transparent until the provider changes parameters on
> logins or decide to do maintenance. I am talking about 7
> users including myself here. Cost ranges between $50 and
> $70 per month too since some are static and some aren't.
> When downtime occurs it usually means a full day to a month
> of problems for those on Earthlink or Bellsouth. I mean
> that about a full month. I would recommend Earthlink since
> once I've gotten past low level support, I have had decent
> Linux support. This recommendation is only for a user that
> can put up with outages of at least once per year of a full
> day to a month without dying. Sort of reliable in that most
> of the time it just works.
>
> If you want a more reliable and Linux friendly service, I
> would definitely go with Speakeasy. I've wanted to switch
> but Earthlink works well enough that I don't want to change
> my email or deal with any outage problems. I still have
> this on the ToDo list at a low priority. The next long
> outage might force me over the edge! ;-)
>
> Okay, those are my thoughts. I definitely recommend using
> Bob Toxen for setting up a standalone firewall that
> autoconnects to your provider and is managed for updates and
> security by him. We have 7 in the field and 3 at KSU. They
> are the machines that cause me the least trouble and time. ;-)
>
> Also, an account with Linux support, better reliability, no
> PPPoE or PPPoA, and static IP is worth a significant extra
> cost in my opinion. I would say eliminating the PPPoE and
> PPPoA would significantly reduce our DSL problems. I've
> never had a single issue with the user on Charter Cable,
> however, it they won't talk about Linux at all.
>
> Best of luck,
> Dow
>
>
> Courtney Thomas,,, wrote:
> > Who do you recommend Dow ?
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Dow Hurst wrote:
> >
> >> I really despise that now! Reliability and quality mean a whole lot
> >> more in the long run. I've spent many days working on unreliable DSL
> >> connections that ended up being a provider problem. That just should
> >> not be.
> >> Dow
> >>
> >>
> >> Christopher Fowler wrote:
> >>
> >>> Many people have a higher value of their money than they do of their
> >>> time. They'll pick the cheapest route regardless of the amount of work
> >>> involved.
> >>> On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 09:07, Geoffrey wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Christopher Fowler wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> An average internet user would be bellsouth or Earthlink.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> An engineer gets Speedfactory or Speakeasy.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I don't understand that. I do understand why 'an engineer' would
> >>>> choose Speedfactory or Speakeasy. I would expect an 'educated'
> >>>> average internet user would as well.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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