[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux Friendly DSL

[Aaron Goldblatt]

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 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