[ale] OT: ISP (sick of AT&T, yes, me too)

[Lightner, Jeff]

It almost sounds like you think going to Comcast would be a bad thing.
:-)

 

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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Jim
Kinney
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 3:49 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
Subject: Re: [ale] OT: ISP (sick of AT&T, yes, me too)

 

Speakeasy is fantastic. They understand Linux. They don't block ports.
Their support (the rare occasion when you need it) speaks with a
Washington state accent. Every person person that answers the technical
support line is an ENGINEER not a script reading newbie.

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.

Static IP's are available and they are rolling out full IPv6 support
now.

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.

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").

Good people with good service at a reasonable price to support both. 

Hardware for my area (Tucker) support a bare DSL line. 

On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Asher Vilensky <ashervilensky at gmail.com>
wrote:

Hi all,

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:
- I don't have cable in the house nor I intend to order one.
- I live within the Atlanta city limits (intown).
- 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.

What are my options?

Thanks.

-- Asher 

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