[ale] Now that DirecTV DSL is discontinuing...

[Jay Finch]

At 01:26 AM 12/18/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>I'm faced with a horrid quandry -- Finding another DSL provider.

Well, after reviewing all the information y'all kindly provided, as well as 
doing a lot of research, I think I'm strongly leaning towards 
Speedfactory.net for several reasons:

1) Local Business
2) Come highly recommended
3) Has 1.5MB down/256k up
4) $49.95/mo (same price)
5) DirecTV DSL has stated to several customers (and I'm waiting for a 
response to my mail) that we can keep our gateways.

Now should any of this change, I am thinking of using BellSouth.Net -- 
$19.95 for 3 months (since I'm unemployed), $45/month thereafter, Free 
Gateway + $50 rebate ... It's a damn good offer (best on the market), and 
my Siemens hardware router can handle PPPoE -- So unless there's an 
appreciable loss of speed (I tweak all of my machines), I can't see a real 
negative except for the DHCP aspect.  (Which, while annoying, I could 
compensate for by remotely hosting my Shoutcast stream)

Any final thoughts?  I've really appreciated all the feedback.

Cheers!
Jay


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