[ale] DSL providers

[James Sumners]

For an affordable, geek friendly, ISP look at Atlantic Nexus[1]. You
have to have an AT&T landline, but their service is great (much like
what Speedfactory's was before they were bought). If you don't mind
the premium price, you might be able to get Speakeasy DSL[2] (sans
landline).

As for modems. You'll most likely be better off using the one from the
ISP. They are going to require the one year contract anyway. However,
the modem that I use is an Actiontec[3]. I bought it when I was still
with Speedfactory because the one they supplied got hit by lightning,
and getting a new from them would renew the contract. It works just
fine with AtNex. I do have it configured for passthru, though, and use
a Linksys WRT54g-L for authentication.

[1] -- http://www.atlanticnexus.net/
[2] -- http://www.speakeasy.net/
[3] -- http://tinyurl.com/5mgqol

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 9:07 PM, Ken Arromdee <arromdee at rahul.net> wrote:
> I last asked this around two years or so ago but this time I actually
> *am* going to get DSL.  I've finally found that providers actually service
> my area (previously there was some kind of problem with my apartment
> building's contract).
>
> Anyway: what is the best provider given that I'm mostly using Linux
> and don't have an XP box?  I read about problems people have had with AT&T
> not providing logins and passwords and making people run Windows software
> to get it.  And which provider is least likely to demand that I boot into
> Windows before they will fix problems?
>
> Also, what DSL modem/router can I get that works with Linux?  I really
> don't want to get the one provided by a provider; for one thing they come
> with contracts that lock people into the provider for a year.  I do not
> have an Ethernet card (though I certainly could buy one).
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