[ale] DSL switch from Directv ( Speakeasy Info )

[John Mills]

ALErs -

On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, aaron wrote:

> My choice was to sign up with Speakeasy. Seemed the most fair and 
> legitimate Terms of Use Agreement among the several ISP's I investigated 
> (including Speedfactory and Snappy), and they openly state support for 
> Linux.  Most important to my needs were that they provide Static IP's and 
> allow HTTP, FTP, SSH, etc servers (they do, however, discourage chat 
> servers).
 ...
> Speakeasy also has a good spectrum of plans, though they do trade 
> bandwidth as well as features for price. The plan I chose matches or 
> exceeds most of what I was getting with DirecTV , including 5 email 
> addresses, 50 meg web space (DTV was 30) and Two Static IP addresses (as 
> opposed to One). To keep the price down on the plan I did trade off some 
> bandwidth and will be at 680 down / 128 up; however, due to my distance 
> from the C.O. and Bell South's ancient wires in this area my effective 
> bandwidth has rarely exceeded 500 kbps anyway. At $60/mo the Speakeasy 
> plan increases my monthly cost by $10,  but most all the other Static IP 
> options I looked at were at least $65/mo.

That was my conclusion, and my choice. I am now getting daily status
report which say, "looks good - waiting for COVAD tech." #8-P)

Responses to my tech support questions have been good, too.

> Speakeasy also has a $50 referral bonus, which I will be happy to split 
> 50-50 with anyone else here who finds this a good alternative to DirecTV 
> and wants to share a discount. Just drop me a private email.

Ditto, of course. &8-)

 - John Mills

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