[NTLUG:Discuss] Which dsl isps will survive?

[Steve Baker]

Jason Fortezzo wrote:
> 
> At 16:26 8/4/2001, you wrote:
>  >Just found out my dsl isp is going out of business next month. Can anyone
>  >suggest a dsl isp that
>  >
>  > 1. offers good, linux-friendly service,
>  > 2. is one of Verizon's participating isp's, and
>  > 3. isn't going to go bankrupt in the next year?
>  >
>  >Or will Verizon be the only Verizon-compatible isp after this shakeout is
>  >over?
> 
> I've used Directlink.net for two years with great success.  They handle
> both Verizon and SW Bell.  The service has been ultra-reliable.  Last I heard
> they were not accepting any new customers, but this might have changed.

Yes - this "not accepting new customers" thing is really annoying.  Back
in May, I checked up with Telocity and found out that I was *finally*
inside their service area.  I asked for application details and got them -
but since I was going on vacation, made the fatal mistake of waiting a
month before actually applying.  Meantime they were taken over by DirectTV
and now they claim that I live too far from the local exchange.  How
my home got moved in the interim, I'm not sure!

I asked to speak to a supervisor - then to the boss of the supervisor
and finally found out that in fact I still do live within the service area
but they just aren't taking on new customers in my area right now.

Grrrrr!

Telocity looked like a good deal - multiple static IP addresses, Linux-friendly,
cheap *optional* "personal firewall" box, no explicit upstream bandwidth limits,
etc, etc.

So, I'm still stuck with a modem.

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