[KLUG Members] In search of a *REAL* DSL provider in GR area

[Bruce Smith]

> >>Anyone have any experience with http://www.directvdsl.com/  They appear
> >>to be a Telocity re-seller.  Promises a static IP and no &^#$&^%@* port
> >>filters.
> >Have you tried Earthlink?  I hear they are pretty good.
> >And you get a few hours of dialup time included too!   ;->
> 
> Well, the dialup still doesn't work.  It would be very nice,  but
> certainly not worth hours on hold to be told I'm an idiot and don't know
> how to enter a password.

As a long time Earthlink dialup customer, one thing they do different is
when using the PPP login, you have to prefix your userid with "ELN/" to
make it connect.  (just in case you weren't aware of that)

And I have no complaints about their dialup customer service.  Of course
I only remember calling it once to get the 800# service activated.  :-)

It did kinda suck when they blocked outgoing port 25 recently.  :-(

> Honestly, after my recent foray into Ameritech frame relay (now there
> is a story about incompetence) I'm actually starting to find these
> experiences amusing.  Maybe a sitcom about telecommunication workers?! :)
> That would be worth watching, even if it was on pay-per-view.

Sign me up!  :-)

> But when you have $,$$$ worth of work waiting in the queue, it just stops
> bieng funny.

Yeah, it gets old quick.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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