[ale] OT - DSL

[Mark Angeli]

When I got my DSL Line (over two years ago, the only provider that would
offer it to me was Bellsouth.

I was on their waiting list for 4 months, with a free dialup connection,
before someone called and asked how I liked my dsl line. I told them I would
love it it I had it, they said oh? You don't have it yet? I said no. The
scheduled someone to come out (We had an alarm system on the house) and I
had DSL with in a week.

I ended up with four months of free service because of it.

I like bellsouth's dsl. I have a linux box set up with rp on it to handle my
pppoe connection and I have a script to update my ip address with my name
server when it changes. I haven't had any problems with PPPoE or DHCP.

-----Original Message-----
From: Zack Link [mailto:zlink at slb.com]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 12:54 PM
To: Matt Smith; 'Mazukna, Thomas'; 'ale at ale.org'
Subject: RE: [ale] OT - DSL


I have been using telocity (now directtv) dsl for about 2+ years.  I have
had NO problems with it.  I have also turned 2 friends on to it, and they
have both had good experiences with it.

ZL



At 11:34 AM 7/10/2002 -0400, Matt Smith wrote:
>DirecTV DSL (formerly Telocity) is what I use and what I recommend to
>everyone.  If you're getting DSL for the first time at a location, it may
be
>easier to get BellSouth DSL first, then change to DirecTV (that's what I
>did).
>
>BellSouth's "dial-up" DSL is a real hassle, and even with a router to do
the
>"dialing" for you, it still gets hung up now and then and has to be reset.
>
>DirecTV DSL gives you a static IP, and it just works.  I've had mine for
>over a year and the only problems I've experienced with it have been when I
>dug up my phoneline in my front yard, and when lightning blew out two of my
>phones and the DSL gateway (they replaced it for no charge).   Really, I
>have NEVER HAD TO CALL TECH SUPPORT FOR ANYTHING UNTIL THE DSL GATEWAY GOT
>DAMAGED BY LIGHTNING.
>
>If you read the user comments on dslreports.com, you know that most
people's
>experience is very different to this, but that's how it's been for me.
>
>Good luck.
>
>
>--Matt
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mazukna, Thomas [mailto:Thomas.Mazukna at delta.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 10:48 AM
>To: 'ale at ale.org'
>Subject: [ale] OT - DSL
>
>
>Hi,
>
>I am moving within couple months, and will like to switch my DSL (currently
>Earthlink) to something else,
>preferably not using PPPOE :)
>
>Any suggestions ?
>
>thanks,
>Tomas
>
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