[ale] www.atlnet.com is great!

Wandered Inn esoteric at denali.atlnet.com
Fri Sep 7 23:34:23 EDT 2001


David Brooks wrote:
> 
> I agree.  I've used ATLNet in the past, and their service is top-notch.
> My only complaint is that darned 2GB/mo bandwidth limitation <grin>
> 
> <suckup> Plus Todd's a nice guy. </suckup>

Well, as long as we're on the subject, I've NEVER talked to any support
folks at any ISP that are any where near as knowledgable as Todd.

> 
> -Dave
> 
> On Fri, 2001-09-07 at 17:18, Charles Marcus wrote:
> > And their DSL is the same quality - static IP (more than one if you need
> > it), $65/month.  They use Bellsouth, so anywhere Bellsouth has DSL
> > available, you can use AtlNet instead.
> >
> > I only have one complaint - I've been trying to get switched from Bellsouth
> > to them for over a YEAR, and Bellsouth just won't give it up.
> >
> > Charles
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-ale at ale.org [mailto:owner-ale at ale.org]On Behalf Of Byron A
> > Jeff
> > Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 1:13 PM
> > To: Kevin Krumwiede
> > Cc: Byron A Jeff
> > Subject: Re: [ale] Ideas for backup internet connection?
> >
> >
> > >
> > > $7 a month seems awfully limiting.  Orange County Online (oco.net) is the
> > > best ISP I've ever dealt with.  You can call tech support at 4 PM their
> > time
> > > and get a human being in about two rings.  I think I'm paying $17 a month
> > > for unlimited access.  They're based in CA so I assume they're at least
> > > covering major metros nationwide.
> >
> > Wandered Inn sloved my problem this morning. www.atlnet.com was perfect:
> >
> > - $4.95 a month
> > - 50 hours a month
> > - Static IP. Amazing!
> > - Not only Linux friendly, but a Linux shop.
> > - 1-800 number for offsite POP. $6 an hour but fine for sproadic use.
> > - Got a person on the phone who set me up instantly
> > - E-mail and website included.
> > - Standard PPP/PAP connectivity so it works with everything.
> >
> > I couldn't beat this with a stick! The absolutely single concern that I had
> > was that the signup page wasn't on a secured server. But with the customer
> > service I got over the phone, who cares?
> >
> > Remember this is a backup Internet connection. It's going to be dormant
> > except
> > for primary outages and travel. It's insurance. So I didn't need unlimited
> > connectivity. I just found two occasions this month already when having a
> > backup dialup connection was useful. The first was when I was trying to get
> > my father's machine together in New Orleans over the Labor Day weekend. He
> > has a cable modem, but Linux wouldn't talk to it. Plus a "friend" (note the
> > quotes) of his had tried to install 98 in the unused partition. Of course
> > 98 was completely unhappy with the 810 MB and wouldn't install
> > properly. But it did have time to overwrite the bootloader. So I needed to
> > get Linux booted to fix the problem.
> >
> > He had been using a free bluelight.com connection, but it would time out
> > downloading a boot disk. Yuck. So I connected with my sister's BellSouth
> > account, downloaded and got things working. Turns out the Cox's DHCP
> > requires
> > a certain name for the requesting machine and would refuse unless that name
> > is given. My AT&T (same @Home account and modem) uses MAC locking instead.
> > So one -I option later on dhcpcd, and we're off and running. I actually was
> > able to get the information from @Home customer service without giving away
> > that I was connecting with a Linux box. Also she swore up and down that they
> > didn't operate from a script. Yeah, Right!
> >
> > The second episode was yesterday and the AT&T siesta!
> >
> > So that's why the requirements and I found a winner that totally exceeds all
> > my expectations so far. Fast, efficient, inexpensive, standard, Linux
> > friendly.
> > What more can you ask?
> >
> > BAJ
> >
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