[NTLUG:Discuss] DSL Providers

[David Camm]

as was discussed and speculated about a short time ago, directlink went
down the tubes - luckily they were acquired by another isp (waymark).
other than a short outage during the transition, which was solved with a
phone call, their service has been 100%. 

it appears that broadband (at least dsl) can be compared to what isdn
was several years ago - a solution looking for a problem.

david camm
advanced web systems

Aaron Goldblatt wrote:
> 
> A somewhat related question to the topic of late:
> 
> I've had cable with Charter/@Home, and I steadfastly refuse to go back.
> Their billing practices annoy me.
> 
> I switched from cable to SWBell's DSL service in April, 2000.  I was wildly
> satisfied with the service, and experienced limited downtime.  The down side,
> however, was cost.  I was paying on the order of $180/mo for two POTS lines,
> the DSL service, and five static IP addresses.
> 
> About a month ago, I jumped from SWBell to Sprint's ION service, and have
> managed to cut my monthly bill in half.  The only down side is that I am now
> restricted to one IP address.
> 
> All well and good, except that today my wife (a Sprint employee) called me
> from work to tell me that Sprint is killing ION and disconnecting the network.
> 
> Does someone know of a coherent comparative list ... or even a list without
> comparison ... of DSL providers still operating in Fort Worth?  Important
> features for me are:
> 
> - Availability of static IP address.  PPPoE is not acceptable.
> - Low-volume server permission.  I don't expect the provider to provide
> support for my servers, or offer backup MX reception or DNS service, as I can
> get that elsewhere.  I simply want to be left alone when I turn up my mail
> server for goldblatt.net.
> - Price is important, but less important than the previous two items.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> ag
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