[ale] ISPs for the Roswell area

[Jerald Sheets]

They have new modems that they'll switch out for you if you gripe  
hard enough.  I don't recall the brand, but Hawking it ain't.


Jerald M. Sheets jr.
Sr. UNIX Systems Administrator
The Weather Channel Interactive
404.293.8762



On Mar 28, 2006, at 2:53 PM, Charles Shapiro wrote:

> I endorse these guys as well. They're relatively linux-friendly.  
> Getting connected the first time was about a half-hour plus a 5- 
> minute support call. Since then I've called support once, to be  
> greeted by a recorded message that service was out over a good part  
> of their area. They managed to get it back up by the next morning.  
> NB that I'm using 'em solely for client-based DSL. I don't run web  
> servers or a business from my house.
>
> Beware their DSL modems though.  They shipped me a cheap Chinese  
> DSL modem (Hawking HAR11A ) with the old conexant chipset and  
> firmware. I found a big hairy security hole in it, fortunately  
> before someone else did ( http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/ 
> 1/379437 ).  I bitched loud and long about it, and I hope that  
> they've since learned to configure this modem so that the hole is  
> patched. But I don't really know. It's worth checking.
>
> -- CHS
>
>
> On 3/28/06, Geoffrey <esoteric at 3times25.net> wrote:
> I. Herman wrote:
> > what's speedfactory?  are they "server-friendly"
>
> http://www.speedfactory.net
>
> Run anything you want to. :)
>
> I'm about to fire up a mp3 server.  Just kidding folks..
>
> --
> Until later, Geoffrey
>
> Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little
> security will deserve neither and lose both.  - Benjamin Franklin
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