<div dir="ltr">I panicked when I found out that Speakeasy had been bought by Best Buy. However it's been about a year and the service has still been outstanding. It is not as low cost as you _can_ find doing some shopping but if you want DSL that is (damn near) always working (less than 4 hours down in 4 years = 99.9998% uptime) and rock solid tech support (they answer the phone AND speak an identifiable language AND FIX THE PROBLEM!!!) I can't recommend them enough. Happyhappyhappyhappy!!<br>
<br>I can get 10Mb down and 1_Mb up from my location. I ordered 8M/768k and my DSL reports says it's spot on.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 9:07 PM, Ken Arromdee <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arromdee@rahul.net">arromdee@rahul.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I last asked this around two years or so ago but this time I actually<br>
*am* going to get DSL. I've finally found that providers actually service<br>
my area (previously there was some kind of problem with my apartment<br>
building's contract).<br>
<br>
Anyway: what is the best provider given that I'm mostly using Linux<br>
and don't have an XP box? I read about problems people have had with AT&T<br>
not providing logins and passwords and making people run Windows software<br>
to get it. And which provider is least likely to demand that I boot into<br>
Windows before they will fix problems?<br>
<br>
Also, what DSL modem/router can I get that works with Linux? I really<br>
don't want to get the one provided by a provider; for one thing they come<br>
with contracts that lock people into the provider for a year. I do not<br>
have an Ethernet card (though I certainly could buy one).<br>
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