[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: ADSL ISPs?

[Daniel Shipman]

Doug Shaw wrote:
> I cannot vouch for the quality/stability of their service since I do not have
> it, 

I do and it sucks!


>Not a bad deal.  His CIR (his guaranteed throughput) is 384Kbps
> downstream (to him) and (I believe) 128Kbps upstream (from him), but he has
> reported to me several times that he gets speeds analogous to the 768K frame
> relay connection I have at my place of employment - around 40 to 50KBps.  Not
> at all bad for the price.

The downstream is around 768 or so but the upstream can suck pretty har
sometimes
also note that the garunteed 128 k upstream is a burst rate - not a hard
figure

> I don't recall what he said the setup/installation fee was, but I don't think
> it was more than 150 dollars or so - I'm sure swbell.net's webpages would
> provide specifics.

Total with hidden charges $ 350.00
 
> Also, SWB does not provide technical or installation support for Linux,
> although I'm sure that it will work if properly configured.

It will - but be ready for a spanish only speaking tech who has only
been trained to hook up to win 3.1 win 95 and mac os - no NT and they've
never heard about linux - they will tell you it can't be done - just let
them hook it up to a Win box then you'll have to set it up yourself.

I have my entire network hooked to it including 3 MACS 7 PC's and 2
Linux boxes acting as servers and 1 Linux box acting as my
router/firewall.

To see the response rate of upstream data flow check out our site at
http://www.srj.net - I am currently serving out 47 seperate virtual
domains and 52 total clients - I am please enough to stay with SWB for
now - but will soon have my own fractional T1 installed. - Then the ASDL
line will be for play.
 

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