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

[Rusty Yonkers]

The other network instructor here says that he went
through WMIS to get his dsl.  He has to pay an extra
$10 a month from what the Ameritech costs are but he
says that he has not had any problems yet.  He was
told that they do not block any ports etc etc etc.  He
has not tried anything fancy yet but says that if
there is a problem that they said just to call them
and they would make sure that it is opened up.  

To bad I live in Sparta.  Cable modem is my only
option up there currently.  So sad :-( ... I had DSL
when I lived in Conklin and Verizon was my phone
company.  I wish I had it back.  Such is life.  
I do have to admit that the connection of Linux to the
Verizon DSL was not nearly as clean as my connection
to the Cable Modem though.  The only thing I really
hate about the Cable is the ports that are blocked.  

One of my students now works second level tech support
at Charter.  She says that they block the ports
because they way overbook the bandwidth and that they
would not be able to handle the load if there were a
number of servers on the line.  

--- Adam Williams <awilliam@whitemice.org> wrote:
> >>>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.
> 
> DirectTV DSL is not available in most of Michigan,
> including Grand
> Rapids.  :(
> 
> And the lady guaranteed me that my VPN, SMTP, and
> everything would work
> without a problem,  or there would be no charge. 
> She even mentioned X
> windows would work,  and I didn't ask about that! 
> If my religious
> persuasion permitted polygamy I would have proposed
> marriage right then
> and there.
> 
> But no luck.... on to continue shopping.
> 
> P.S. Earthlink DSL lost connection for about an hour
> this morning
> (little ATM light went off).  But that isn't enough
> time to bother
> calling tech support and being told it is my
> firewall that is inhibiting
> service.  One could blame Ameritech I suppose,  but
> we had BigNet DSL
> for two years and had a grand total of NINE MINUTES
> of downtime.
> 
> 
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