[wplug] ISP Recommendations

Ben Beige gunnar at zbzoom.net
Thu Jun 26 15:36:03 EDT 2003


Armstrong zoom cable Internet dose the same as AT&T did/dose.

Ben
At 02:10 PM 6/26/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Even with ADSL from Speakeasy, the copper pair is leased from Covad. It's 
>not just an SDSL thing.
>
>I had a 1.5M ADSL line  from Verizon, Stargate, and direct TV they all 
>maxed out with a download of 90k on average. This was because Verizon caps 
>their lines for other companies. I don't know why my speed was so slow 
>through Verizon itself. There were also alot of connection issues (all 
>went across Verizons copper pair), and very limited tech support, When 
>stargate moved to the pppoe software I switched to Direct TV and was 
>happy, even with the capped line, but they went bankrupt and cancelled all 
>internet services. Speakeasy was happy to take my business, and basically 
>told me on the phone that I can do with my line (as far as servers and 
>bandwidth go) whatever I wanted to. Plus, a static IP included in the 
>package. Stargate charges $25 for a static IP on top of the $90 they 
>charge for the 1.5M ADSL line. Verizon charges the same for the line, but 
>no static IPs available on residential packages.
>
>As an alternative, I have checked into AT&T for a cable provider. As soon 
>as they told me that the block all ports 1024 and below, and it would cost 
>me an additional $250 a month to have them unblocked, I hung up the phone.
>
>Hopefully someone will benefit from my research/experience here.
>
>
>Mike
>
>
>On Thursday, June 26, 2003, at 01:47  PM, James O'Kane wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 26 Jun 2003, Mike Griffin wrote:
>>>I haven't tried telerama though, so I can't
>>>say one is better than the other.
>>
>>I have used telerama and speakeasy each for a year or more. I didn't have
>>a problem with support from either of them. For telerama I could go on IRC
>>and ask them support questions. With Speakeasy I still needed to call an
>>800 number, but the hold times were minimal. Both staff accepted that I
>>might know what I'm talking about when I give them diagnostic information
>>about my problem, and neither have a problem with servers or non-monopoly
>>operating systems. I switched from Speakeasy to telerama because I was
>>laid off and I needed to cut my expenses. I had a semi-beefy business SDSL
>>connection from Speakeasy.
>>I think I'm going to go back with Speakeasy when I move in 35 days (23
>>hours and 56 minutes). My needs have changed a little and I'll be sharing
>>bandwidth between more people and computers, and I would like to have a
>>continuous block of 16 or 32 IP addresses again.
>>Unless this is important to you, it wouldn't matter, but if you are
>>hosting a webpage with Telerama, and you get an IP address of 205.201.9.x
>>for example, people who share that subnet will have trouble viewing your
>>page. This is partly a feature of the technology, and part the trade-off
>>of manageability on telerama's end and what the average user's needs are.
>>(There was more talk about this in January if you want to check the
>>archives)
>>
>>The other consideration is Telerama uses Verizon as the provider of the
>>copper, Speakeasy uses Covad. As far as I can tell, If you're using
>>verizon, you need to have dialtone service to get the line needed for
>>ADSL. Covad just leases dry copper from Verizon in bulk, and it doesn't
>>need to share a line. This might actually be a ADSL vs. SDSL thing.
>>
>>The thing that I don't think anyone has ever gotten right to my
>>satisfaction is easy of billing information on the web. It seemed very
>>hard to tell what period of time the check I was sending was covering and
>>to what date I was paid up until.
>>
>>
>>-james
>>ADSL from Bell Atlantic 1998-1999
>>SDSL from Verio 1999-2000
>>SDSL from Speakeasy 2000-2002
>>ADSL from Telerama 2002-Present
>>Owner of about 10 different DSL modems. :)
>>
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