[ale] DSL Options

[joshb at speakeasy.org]

I also have Speakeasy IDSL, but in the Raliegh, NC area.  I have been pretty
impressed with the service most of the time.  There have been a few times
when my connection would either stop or become painfully slow for just a
few minutes, but my ssh connections have never closed because of it.

The speed of my IDSL connection is about 16k max.  Not blazing fast, but they
only guarentee 12-14k. Oh, and if you need it, for about $10/month, they will
give you two static IPs.

Josh


On Fri, Aug 25, 2000 at 10:12:34PM -0700, Ray Hiltbrand wrote:
> 
> Stephen,
> I have been with Speakeasy using IDSL for several months.  So far so good.  They
> have had only one major outage due to a redback server.  Before signing up with
> speakeasy I talked with the sales folks.  The thing that got my attention was
> that if I had lots of problems or they could not provide reliable service then
> the "contract" was voided with no fees.  Not sure if they are still doing that.
> And if it makes a difference I primarly run Solaris and OpenBSD at home.
> 
> 	--Ray
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, 26 Aug 2000, Stephen F Nicholas wrote:
> 
> > Hello Ale,
> > I know this has been beat to death, but my situation might open up a new
> > forum.
> > 
> > Prelims:  Tried RoadRunner.  Worked fine while it was up ( >50% ).
> > Customer service was pretty bad.  2 hrs + to get a body on the phone.
> > Problem was not local, as my neighbor also had it.  Everytime I would go
> > down (data light out), I'd call him and he'd be down also.  Support
> > insisted it was a problem on my end and I was going to have to interrupt a
> > software upgrade for 20 of the 34 libraries in the University System of
> > Ga.  I don't think so.  So I stayed with Mindspring / Earthlink.
> > 
> > My box is a RedHat 6.1.
> > 
> > Questions about DSL:  I'm ~8500 feet too far from the CO.  So ADSL is out.
> > Checking out http://www.dslreports.com/reviews/93 reveals that I'm
> > eligible for IDSL from Phoenix and Speakeasy at 144kb access.  There's
> > also RADSL from Covad (this also includes Speakeasy above.)  
> > 
> > My question(s) are :  How is the above service ?  Customer service ?  How
> > is performance for IDSL and RADSL ?  Both require a one year contract, but
> > after my RoadRunner experience, I'm somewhat relunctant.  I'm somewhat
> > familiar with IDSL, but have heard nothing about RADSL and the results.
> > It sounds like the modem negotiates the connection each time.  My question
> > is how has anyone who has had this faied out on connection speed ?  I just
> > don't want to extra money for a same connection speed I already have.
> > They state d/l speeds of 608 kb (maximum).  In reality, what is the real
> > speed ?
> > 
> > Sorry to bend the ears,  Just need to make an informed decision.
> > 
> > Steve
> > 
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