[TriLUG] DSL vs Road Runner Recomendations?

[Tanner Lovelace]

On Tue, 2002-01-15 at 17:29, Geoff Purdy wrote:
> Tanner,
> I just signed on for service with Verizon DSL.  My experience has been quite
> positive so far.  Linux setup was trivial (no hardware aside from the DSL
> modem, no PPPoX to configure).  Download speeds seem to be around 500 kbps;
> I've not tested upload speed.  
> 
> I'm paying a promotional rate of $30 for the first three months then $50
> from then on.  There was no service contract, although you must return the
> modem should you terminate before 12 mos. 
> 
> A few caveats:
> Setup uses DHCP which may not be what you need for hosting.  I have no need
> to host a server so I haven't verified that hosting is permitted per the
> service agreement.  
> 
> HTH,
> Geoff

Hi Geoff,

Thanks for the recommendation.  Are you getting both
the DSL line and service from Verizon?  I'm not looking at
getting the service from Verizon, but rather through a local
ISP called Britsys (http://www.britsys.com/).  They also apparently
do everything I need to get the line up and I don't have
a line charge with Verizon (instead I pay directly to them).
I believe this is different from how some other ISPs do.
Intrex, for one, says on its web page that you must get the
line from Verizon.  

The nice thing about Britsys, though, is that all the IPs
are static.  They can be given out by DHCP, that's no problem,
as long as they stay the same for my server I don't care. :-)

So, has anyone here heard anything at all about Britsys? I'm
just curious...

Thanks,
Tanner
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