[ale] OT: Advice / help

[James P. Kinney III]

On Sat, 2005-09-17 at 11:57 -0400, Nathan J. Underwood wrote:
> I've heard both good and bad about Cbeyond.  My company is a Cbeyond 
> Channel Partner, and we recommend it to quite a few of our clients.  
> Thus far, we've got clients running the BV1 (single T-1) and BVIII 
> (three T-3's), and none have had any real trouble (there has been an 
> issue with bubba and the backhoe).  I've heard from a number of other 
> people though that have had nothing but trouble.

I am deeply suspicious about the T1 connection that BS provides. Most of
the issues my folks have had with connectivity have been related to BS
and their T1 line, not CBeyond connection.
> 
> Ryan Fish wrote:
> 
> >Every customer we have that uses CBeyond has nothing but trouble with their
> >connectivity.  In fact we HIGHLY recommend that NONE of our customers even
> >consider them as an option.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of James P.
> >Kinney III
> >Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 9:02 AM
> >To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> >Subject: Re: [ale] OT: Advice / help
> >
> >On Sat, 2005-09-17 at 07:39 -0400, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>On Sat, 2005-09-17 at 03:33 -0400, Marvin the Martian wrote:
> >>    
> >>
> >>>http://www.cbeyond.net/
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>They'll do ya a t-1 for under 200 bux. 
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>Is that per month?  He'll still need some device that can do frame
> >>right?  Like a cisco 2500 router.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Cbeyond offers T1's with phone and data for about $500/month (5 lines,
> >2000 minutes of long distance, other perks, etc). It includes the Cisco
> >box that dynamically splits out phone traffic from data traffic. If the
> >phone is not in use, you have a full T1 of data. Each phone call eats
> >96k of data of bandwidth.
> >
> >I have several clients with CBeyond and they are very happy.
> >
> >If anyone is interested drop me a line and I will get you in touch with
> >a top-notch (i.e. not pushy) sales rep who can fill you in on all the
> >details.
> >
> >They have multiple packages for larger needs (15 lines, 2 T1's, etc).
> >  
> >
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