[ale] Inexpensive broadband recommendations

John Wells jb at sourceillustrated.com
Tue Feb 18 12:24:26 EST 2003


It was an FYI, not an IMO.  I use it because it works, and I don't want to
pay $150 plus and extra $15 a month to speedfactory to get the same level
of service.

John

Geoffrey said:
> John, I'd be curious as to why you would push Bellsouth?  They are the
> local monopoly, they really stick it to you if you want any extras, like
>  static ip, they use pppoe.
>
> We need to support the other alternatives in order to create a
> competitive market.  Right now, the FCC is about to make changes to the
> current laws that require the rbocs to sell their services to other
> companies for local service.  This will impact dsl services as well.  If
>  the rbocs get their way, we'll have no choice in dsl, but Bellsouth.
> We  all know what that environment is like.



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