[ale] State of play re home Internet with static IP

Mon Mar 4 21:43:26 EST 2019

Absolute f#&+ing SEETHING GREEN ENVY!!

Seriously. Where does one obtain such speed and price combination?

On March 4, 2019 8:34:18 PM EST, dev null zero two via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>or move :) I pay $76/mo for symmetrical gigabit internet with no caps
>from
>a small, personable ISP. I regularly transfer 1-2 TB/day and never had
>an
>issue.
>
>any outages I experience, I call and get those days refunded.
>
>On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 8:29 PM Stephen R. Blevins via Ale <ale at ale.org>
>wrote:
>
>> Consider checking out Atlantic-Nexus (ATNEX), 770-222-4455 or
>> 866-462-8639.  They are an AT&T Business Uverse reseller consortium
>> member, but they "assured" me they had more clout with AT&T tech
>> support.  Been with this arrangement for over two years and I haven't
>> had any problems traceable to AT&T (knock on wood), .... yet. YMMV,
>> though.  Just a thought.
>>
>> Stephen R. Blevins
>> stephen.r.blevins at gmail.com
>>
>> On 3/4/19 8:21 PM, Jeff Hubbs via Ale wrote:
>> > On 3/4/19 7:52 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
>> >> I've had comcast business for years. It's solid service. Outages
>are
>> >> caused by vehicles and storms wiping out poles with wires. They
>hustle
>> >> pretty fast on repairs. They can't spell Linux but If you can
>> >> translate into windows speak, it works. The tech support is quite
>> >> knowledgeable and they really do want to help.
>> >>
>> >> It will be slower than residential service but it has no bandwidth
>> >> limitations.
>> > I'm pretty slow now - I think it's 12Mbps down and less up.
>> >>
>> >> With tmobile, you can add a phone number to an existing account
>and
>> >> can ring on multiple devices running the app. No Linux app other
>than
>> >> android. $10/m to stuff the old number to a virtual phone. Other
>> >> providers may have similar. Tmobile calls it "digits".
>> > Got no T-Mobile and I'm fine with keeping the cell phones on AT&T.
>We've
>> > been grandfathered into unlimited data on those lines and we're
>holding
>> > on to that with a death grip for as long as possible.
>> >>
>> >> The old 2 wire stuff from AT&T is too brittle.
>> >>
>> >> On March 4, 2019 7:24:54 PM EST, Jeff Hubbs via Ale <ale at ale.org>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>     After many years at the status quo (AT&T UVerse and POTS land
>> >>     line) I'm finally looking into a rework of the home telecomm
>> >>     situation.
>> >>
>> >>     I have two main drivers that are forcing the decision:
>> >>
>> >>      1. Even after the shortest of power outages, upstream UVerse
>> >>         service goes dead and stays dead for 10-20 minutes. This
>was
>> >>         not always the case but in the last few years it's been
>the
>> >>         "new normal;" my wife works at home via VPN enough that
>that's
>> >>         a problem, and it's no good for me either. Yes, I have
>UPSses
>> >>         out the wazoo on everything and it doesn't matter. I've
>tried
>> >>         to get through to AT&T by phone to at least get the
>problem
>> >>         acknowledged but that's been impossible.
>> >>      2. There's a good chance I might be leaving town for my next
>job
>> >>         for an unknown amount of time, but that won't mean that
>I'll
>> >>         stop being the "IT guy" for the house; I will simply
>*have* to
>> >>         be able to shell in from the outside. If there is such a
>thing
>> >>         as a "reflector" service that sits on the Internet - even
>if
>> >>         it's my own server somewhere - that gives me a way to
>tunnel
>> >>         in reverse through some kind of connection that's
>initiated
>> >>         from inside the house, I don't want to be dependent on it.
>> >>
>> >>     Being able to run my own Internet-reachable web and email
>servers
>> >>     in the house is anticipated but is secondary to those two main
>> >>     drivers.
>> >>
>> >>     It is my understanding that only AT&T and Comcast serve my
>street.
>> >>
>> >>     I've spoken to a rep for Comcast Business and they're telling
>me
>> >>     that within reason (with respect to affected region(s) and
>length
>> >>     of outage, I presume) their service will remain unaffected by
>> >>     power outage. That handles 1. above, and they also offer as
>few as
>> >>     one static IP address which should be sufficient to handle 2.
>> >>
>> >>     I have not yet called about any of AT&T's business residential
>> >>     offerings but when I got a flyer in the mail about some kind
>of
>> >>     fiber service being available in my neighborhood and called to
>> >>     inquire, I couldn't get anything even remotely like a straight
>> >>     answer but the upshot was that no, the fiber service wasn't
>> >>     available to me. I'm quite rather done with AT&T, to be
>honest.
>> >>
>> >>     Comcast says they can give me a VoIP-like service that can
>> >>     optionally use my old phone number. I'm undecided on that; the
>> >>     phone rings with random robocalls and other solicitations 3-5
>> >>     times a day (Do Not Call list notwithstanding) and there are
>only
>> >>     3 living persons whom we know who ever, *ever* call that line.
>> >>
>> >>     We would like to have a TV service with DVR available and it's
>my
>> >>     understanding from talking to Comcast that it would have to be
>> >>     Xfinity piggybacked on the Comcast Business service. It would
>be
>> >>     either that or satellite to still have DVR. I've never dealt
>with
>> >>     satellite service before but the houses to either side of us
>have
>> >>     it. I've built an HDTV antenna and mounted it in the attic but
>I
>> >>     haven't completed the cabling to know for sure how well it
>will
>> >>     work, and if we went that route, there'd be no DVR unless I
>went
>> >>     the whole MythTV (or equivalent) route and I'm really not
>willing
>> >>     to try that again.
>> >>
>> >>     I'm all (rabbit) ears, so let your replies rip.
>> >>
>> >>     - Jeff
>> >>
>> >>
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