[ale] DSL Providers

[James P. Kinney III]

On Sun, 2003-10-19 at 18:06, Ernie wrote:
> BellSouth serves my area through a DSLAM that is linked to the CO by a fiber
> optic line.  As the crow flies I'm about 7 miles from the CO.  I'm about 2
> miles of wire from the DSLAM.
> 
> I'm getting speeds of 1215/210 or so on dslreports.com.
> 
> I'm using Speedfactory for my DSL and they do allow me to run my own email
> server.  I've got a static IP and they are the only provider that I've found
> that does not have untrained people in tech support reading from a script.

I have never had to test Speakeasy's tech support :)
> 
> As some one else mentioned, no PPPoE or "A".
> 
> >From my own research, the only provider that is similar to Speedfactory
> would be Speakeasy and they use COVAD and not BellSouth.

As this list has found, Speakeasy and Speedfactory are two very well
recommended DSL providers. They are recommended well due to the specific
reasons below:
1. Static IP's are available at a reasonable cost
2. PPPox is not used
3. Servers are allowed even for residential users.
4. Excellent customer service
> 
> I had DirecTV DSL.  I switched over to Speedfactory in about 5 or 6 days as
> I recall.
> 
> Ernie

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