[NTLUG:Discuss] Moving to the area

[Rev. wRy]

Tim Riker wrote:

> Now that would let the cat out of the bag wouldn't it? ;-)

Curiosity and all. ;)

> Are you using "Yahoo" as the ISP then? Any catches? Are there other 
> options?

I actually guess I am, but I've had this line for about 2 years - long 
before the Yahoo/SWB partnership.

I've had no problems running servers (mail/ssh/web/ftp) and a cursory 
glance at their options page shows this, which is probably more to your 
liking:

Deluxe - S Package
768Kbps-1.5Mbps Down
256Kbps Up
5 Static
$79.95/mo

> What's the latency? Here's a quick "mtr av.com" from here:
And from here:

pogox.org                         Mon Mar 10 08:06:49 2003
Keys:  D - Display mode    R - Restart statistics    Q - Quit
                                          Packets               Pings
Hostname                          %Loss  Rcv  Snt  Last Best  Avg  Worst
  1. sui.pogox.org                    0%   13   13     0    0    3   6
  2. adsl-66-137-241-190.dsl.rcsntx.  0%   13   13    24   21   26   32
  3. dist1-vlan120.rcsntx.swbell.net  0%   13   13    23   23   26   37
  4. bb1-g8-0.rcsntx.swbell.net       0%   13   13    25   23   26   29
  5. sl-gw39-fw-8-0.sprintlink.net    0%   13   13    27   24   27   31
  6. 144.232.11.62                    0%   12   12    27   26   31   48
  7. sl-bb22-fw-11-0.sprintlink.net   0%   12   12    25   24   27   35
  8. 144.232.19.214                   0%   12   12    38   27   30   38
  9. dal-core-01.inet.qwest.net       0%   12   12    27   26   30   41
10. iah-core-02.inet.qwest.net       0%   12   12    36   32   40   68
11. iah-core-01.inet.qwest.net       0%   12   12    35   32   37   45
12. svl-core-01.inet.qwest.net       0%   12   12    71   71   72   79
13. svl-edge-09.inet.qwest.net       0%   12   12    76   68   73   82
14. 63.150.32.18                     0%   12   12    71   69   73   84
15. ???
16. altavista.com                    0%   12   12    78   65   73   78

[note: above edited for formatting purposes only]

> Will they do RDNS for you?

I *want* to say it's automagically created when you get your block - I 
could be wrong on that though.  I haven't had to make a call to support 
since long before yahoo came into the picture, so I'm not sure how clued 
in their techs are now, but in the past (while they didn't officially 
support *nix) I had no problems finding techs with clues.

> Thanx! Perhaps I'll make the meeting next week and say hi to everyone.

:)

Ry