[ale] OT: BellSouth FastAccess DSL

[James P. Kinney III]

That's why Earthlink DSL with a static IP makes more sense. If HellSouth
can serve up the line, so can anyone else. The static IP costs and extra
$15/mo (ouch!) but the total package only costs $65/mo.

On Sat, 2002-11-09 at 08:37, Geoffrey wrote:
> 
> 
> Larry Grenevitch wrote:
> 
> > Honestly, I think they (BellSouth) would be open to giving the Linux community the ability 
> > to post HOW-TOs for various Linux distributions to connect to their network.
> 
> Nope, tried that, multiple times.  I first discussed it with the sales 
> twit.  I then moved up the ladder, working my way to more technically 
> oriented folks.
> 
> BellSouth doesn't want people to use Linux on their network.  They are 
> afraid of you, for various reasons depending on who you talk to.  Some 
> of them assume Linux == cracker, others have more intelligent biases, in 
> that they don't want folks with your kind of knowledge on their network. 
>   Even others told me that they don't want to tell other folks that you 
> can have multiple computers connected to a BellSouth dsl line without 
> BellSouth knowing it.  After all, they want that extra $10 a month.
> 
> BellSouth just doesn't want you.  Go figure, they are the locally 
> monopoly in local phone service and dsl.  They drag their feet when 
> other providers try to hook you up to dsl.
> 
> When I was talking to them about getting static ip with dsl from them, I 
> noted that I worked for the networking research arm of AT&T labs.  The 
> guy immediately turned me over to a supervisor, who wanted to know all 
> kinds of things about what I would be using this connectivity for. 
> Suddenly I'm a criminal because (they think) I'm knowledgeable.
> 
> The thing that griped me the most though was that you can't get static 
> ip from them unless it's on a business line.  In my case, that meant 
> jacking up the cost of one of my phone lines and paying double the price 
> for dsl.  My usage of my phone line would not change in any way and I 
> would receive no more services then I currently was.  Now you tell me, 
> who else could get away with that kind of approach short of Microsoft?
> 
> dsl was going to me $140 a month.
> 
> -- 
> Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net
> 
> I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to listen
> to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)?
> 
> 
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