[ale] OT: BellSouth FastAccess DSL

[Greg]

Telocity. $45.00 / month and a static IP. Yeah, it goes out now & then for a
minute or two, but there were times when I could download faster than my
companies T1 2 miles away.  No problems.

Greg Canter

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James P. Kinney III [mailto:jkinney at localnetsolutions.com]
> Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 9:36 AM
> To: Geoffrey
> Cc: Atlanta Linux User Group (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: [ale] OT: BellSouth FastAccess DSL
>
>
> That's why Earthlink DSL with a static IP makes more sense. If HellSouth
> can serve up the line, so can anyone else. The static IP costs and extra
> $15/mo (ouch!) but the total package only costs $65/mo.
>
> On Sat, 2002-11-09 at 08:37, Geoffrey wrote:
> >
> >
> > Larry Grenevitch wrote:
> >
> > > Honestly, I think they (BellSouth) would be open to giving
> the Linux community the ability
> > > to post HOW-TOs for various Linux distributions to connect to
> their network.
> >
> > Nope, tried that, multiple times.  I first discussed it with the sales
> > twit.  I then moved up the ladder, working my way to more technically
> > oriented folks.
> >
> > BellSouth doesn't want people to use Linux on their network.  They are
> > afraid of you, for various reasons depending on who you talk to.  Some
> > of them assume Linux == cracker, others have more intelligent
> biases, in
> > that they don't want folks with your kind of knowledge on their
> network.
> >   Even others told me that they don't want to tell other folks that you
> > can have multiple computers connected to a BellSouth dsl line without
> > BellSouth knowing it.  After all, they want that extra $10 a month.
> >
> > BellSouth just doesn't want you.  Go figure, they are the locally
> > monopoly in local phone service and dsl.  They drag their feet when
> > other providers try to hook you up to dsl.
> >
> > When I was talking to them about getting static ip with dsl
> from them, I
> > noted that I worked for the networking research arm of AT&T labs.  The
> > guy immediately turned me over to a supervisor, who wanted to know all
> > kinds of things about what I would be using this connectivity for.
> > Suddenly I'm a criminal because (they think) I'm knowledgeable.
> >
> > The thing that griped me the most though was that you can't get static
> > ip from them unless it's on a business line.  In my case, that meant
> > jacking up the cost of one of my phone lines and paying double
> the price
> > for dsl.  My usage of my phone line would not change in any way and I
> > would receive no more services then I currently was.  Now you tell me,
> > who else could get away with that kind of approach short of Microsoft?
> >
> > dsl was going to me $140 a month.
> >
> > --
> > Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net
> >
> > I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to listen
> > to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)?
> >
> >
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