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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>It almost sounds like you think going to
Comcast would be a bad thing. :-)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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ale-bounces@ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Jim Kinney<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, August 03, 2010
3:49 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts -
Yes! We run Linux!<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [ale] OT: ISP (sick
of AT&T, yes, me too)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Speakeasy is fantastic.
They understand Linux. They don't block ports. Their support (the rare occasion
when you need it) speaks with a <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Washington</st1:place></st1:State>
state accent. Every person person that answers the technical support line is an
ENGINEER not a script reading newbie.<br>
<br>
It will not be the least expensive of everything else being offered. But it
will be worth the extra $3-5/mo it costs over comparable plans elsewhere.<br>
<br>
Static IP's are available and they are rolling out full IPv6 support now.<br>
<br>
Sure I can get Comcast business Internet for a few $$ less than my 8M down 2M
up DSL from Speakeasy, but then I'd have Comcast. Yes it would be faster. But
it would still be Comcast.<br>
<br>
In the now 8 years I've used Speakeasy, they have not changed the ToS except to
broaden my access and privileges (which was hard since it was pretty much
"don't spam or try and break into other peoples computer systems using our
network").<br>
<br>
Good people with good service at a reasonable price to support both. <br>
<br>
Hardware for my area (Tucker) support a bare DSL line. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Asher Vilensky <<a
href="mailto:ashervilensky@gmail.com">ashervilensky@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color="#993300"
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#993300'>Hi
all,<br>
<br>
I know that this was discussed plenty of times in the past, but I couldn't find
it in the archive. Anyway, while AT&T DSL is the cheapest, they keep
pulling the plug on me. They change the modem password (on their side)
without prior notification to the customer. They say they're doing it for
security reasons. You can be running happy every day, but if you
disconnect-reconnect with your modem when they changed the password, you're
toast (they have a web interface to address that, but it didn't work for
me). Anyway, I wish to fire them. Here are my circumstances:<br>
- I don't have cable in the house nor I intend to order one.<br>
- I live within the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Atlanta</st1:place></st1:City>
city limits (intown).<br>
- I don't need huge bandwidth. The 3 MBPS download from the DSL did
it ok (until people in the house started streaming Netflix movies
recently). So anything <10 MBPS would suffice.<br>
<br>
What are my options?<br clear=all>
</span></font><br>
Thanks.<br>
<font color="#888888"><span style='color:#888888'><br clear=all>
-- Asher <br>
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I would rather stumble along in freedom than walk effortlessly in chains.<br>
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