[ale] OT: BellSouth FastAccess DSL

[James P. Kinney III]

You heard wrong.

I do have a static IP address, but I run a web server and mail server
from an Earthlink DSL line.

I have a client who has a dynamic IP Earthlink DSL (basic home package)
and they can access their squirellmail with no problems (dyndns) from
anywhere in the world (until the DSL "modem" died from lightning.
Earthlink is sending a replacement at no charge).

Bellsouth uses aggressive html caching which causes immense problems for
remote web application development.

On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 19:24, John Wells wrote:
> >From what I hear, Earthlink blocks some ports, specifically port 80 and
> port 25 (sendmail).  That, in my opinion, sucks.
> 
> John
> 
> Robert Heaven said:
> > This is the reason I went with Earthlink/Mindspring because they seem to
> > be able to get BellSouth to get off their back-sides and get things
> > done. And, I don't have to worry about the PC Police raiding my house
> > looking for a non-Windows box on the network.
> >
> > On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 14:17, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> >> Well, I had a similar problem with Telocity/DirecTV - carrier just
> >> vanished one day and it never returned - and I felt that Bellsouth was
> >> the reason why.  BS simply never responded to DirecTV's requests and
> >> they absolutely, totally would not talk to me.  Of course, they'd be
> >> happy to if I became a Bellsouth customer, but after that, I simply
> >> wasn't inclined to give them any more of my money.  I didn't feel it
> >> was right for them to disconnect a DSL circuit and then only give it
> >> back if I switched to BS.  I'm really loath to ever be dependent on
> >> them again for Internet service.
> >>
> >> - Jeff
> >>
> >> On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 13:21, Fulton Green wrote:
> >> > Naturally, this is an off-list reply since I didn't want to start
> >> yet another flamefest on ALE ...
> >> >
> >> > I'm not all that happy about choosing B$, but I'm doing it because
> >> back in March, back when I had DirecTV DSL (ne'e Telocity), which I
> >> had previously been happy with, I had noticed some severe technical
> >> difficulties with the service that wound up making the service
> >> barely usable only during late night (and unusable all other times).
> >> I complained to DirecTV, who routed the request to B$, who found an
> >> issue in their line and corrected it. A week later, I had the same
> >> problem, so I complained again, and B$ came out to my complex and
> >> told DirecTV that it was my inside wiring. DirecTV then offered to
> >> add a special "data line" between the complex box and my apt., but
> >> that if that wound up fixing the problem, I'd be out $150. Being
> >> barely able to scrape up food and gas money on an unemployment
> >> benefits budget, I punted.
> >> >
> >> > So now, I figure that if I have those same probs, BellSouth will be
> >> more active in trying to fix them while I have their service. I'll
> >> see just what exactly I lose if I don't do the full 12-mo.
> >> commitment, then choose a more amenable (i.e.,
> >> non-PPPoE-authenticating) provider, or maybe by then my credit
> >> rating will be good enough such that I don't have to pay an extra
> >> deposit for AT&T Comcast.
> >> >
> >> > On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 01:04:43PM -0500, Geoffrey wrote:
> >> > > I personally wouldn't ever choose Bellsouth for any service.
> >> There  customer service is non-existent, they're arrogant and,
> >> plain just don't  care.
> >> >
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