[ale] Bellsouth DSL

[Mark Wright]

I have been using Speedfactory for years without ever having a windows 
machine installed and their support has been very helpful.

My main reason for choosing them was they give me a static IP.  It 
costs more than Bell.

Mark......


On Jan 10, 2005, at 6:51 AM, Geoffrey wrote:

> Jim Popovitch wrote:
>> On Sun, 2005-01-09 at 19:49 -0500, Jerald Sheets wrote:
>>> Ditto on the Speedfactory.
>> Speedfactory gets a lot of kudos here, but aren't they really just a
>> middleman for a DSL line that goes directly from your house/business 
>> to
>> BellSouth?  I understand that SF may provide some pop3/smpt/www/dns
>> servers other than those provided by BS, but your next statement seems
>> to suggest that you don't need these.
>
> As long as Bellsouth retains their monopoly, they will always have a 
> hand it this.  I will say that I've also gotten wonderful support from 
> Speedfactory.  Although you're still going over the Bellsouth wire, 
> it's nice to have the good people at Speedfactory working for you when 
> it comes to issues.  Bellsouth just bloody does not care.
>
>>> I deplore any ISP that requires me to use their POP3 and SMTP 
>>> servers rther
>>> than my own (I use Yahoo Mail and pay for the privilege).
>> I use Yahoo too (obviously), so why do you need POP3 and SMTP ports 
>> open
>> on your upstream network?
>
> It really doesn't matter why he want's it.  Why question freedom to 
> choose?  I will say it's quite difficult to test such a setup for a 
> client if your isp is blocking those ports.
>
> -- 
> Until later, Geoffrey
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