[ale] OT: ISP (sick of AT&T, yes, me too)

[Jim Kinney]

On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Lightner, Jeff <jlightner at water.com> wrote:

>   It almost sounds like you think going to Comcast would be a bad thing.
> :-)
>
>
>
Nah! I'm always HIGHLY supportive on funding TOTAL PRIVATE MONOPOLIES. It
give me such a sense of FREEDOM and quite a bit of GAS!

<dang! don't have zippy quotes installed><insert snarky comment involving
polysorbate 40 here>

:-)


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> *From:* ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] *On Behalf Of *Jim
> Kinney
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 03, 2010 3:49 PM
> *To:* Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
> *Subject:* Re: [ale] OT: ISP (sick of AT&T, yes, me too)
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>
>
> Speakeasy is fantastic. They understand Linux. They don't block ports.
> Their support (the rare occasion when you need it) speaks with a Washington
> state accent. Every person person that answers the technical support line is
> an ENGINEER not a script reading newbie.
>
> It will not be the least expensive of everything else being offered. But it
> will be worth the extra $3-5/mo it costs over comparable plans elsewhere.
>
> Static IP's are available and they are rolling out full IPv6 support now.
>
> Sure I can get Comcast business Internet for a few $$ less than my 8M down
> 2M up DSL from Speakeasy, but then I'd have Comcast. Yes it would be faster.
> But it would still be Comcast.
>
> In the now 8 years I've used Speakeasy, they have not changed the ToS
> except to broaden my access and privileges (which was hard since it was
> pretty much "don't spam or try and break into other peoples computer systems
> using our network").
>
> Good people with good service at a reasonable price to support both.
>
> Hardware for my area (Tucker) support a bare DSL line.
>
> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Asher Vilensky <ashervilensky at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I know that this was discussed plenty of times in the past, but I couldn't
> find it in the archive.  Anyway, while AT&T DSL is the cheapest, they keep
> pulling the plug on me.  They change the modem password (on their side)
> without prior notification to the customer.  They say they're doing it for
> security reasons.  You can be running happy every day, but if you
> disconnect-reconnect with your modem when they changed the password, you're
> toast (they have a web interface to address that, but it didn't work for
> me).  Anyway, I wish to fire them.  Here are my circumstances:
> - I don't have cable in the house nor I intend to order one.
> - I live within the Atlanta city limits (intown).
> - I don't need huge bandwidth.  The  3 MBPS download from the DSL did it ok
> (until people in the house started streaming Netflix movies recently).  So
> anything <10 MBPS would suffice.
>
> What are my options?
>
> Thanks.
>
> -- Asher
>
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