[TriLUG] Telocity/DirecTVDSL defunct

[Thomas C. Meggs]

I actually know the owner and several of the employees, they are all 
great guys. Very genuine, hard working, and a lot of fun. I'm not 
suprised that their service matches their real life personas. ;)

Regards,
Tom

Dave Schwartzburg wrote:
> I have heard nothing but great things about BritSys DSL.  I probably 
> would have gone with them myself, except it was a bit expensive. 
> However, if I remember correctly they offer plans that are 1.5Mbit Down 
> / 768Kbit Up for about $60 / month.
> 
> I knew someone who had them and loved their excellent support, and when 
> he moved he waited for them to provide service in his new area before 
> getting high speed again.  They also had excellent reviews on 
> dslreports.com.
> 
> I've read their service contract before and I believe they guarantee 70% 
> of your bandwidth or some figure close to that.
> 
> Just thought I would throw that out there for you.
> 
> -Dave
> 
> 
> 
> al johson wrote:
> 
>> Thanks for the recommendation. Yes, I knew about the advantage of 
>> going with
>> Earthlink, but I always like to keep my options as open as possible. If
>> another is going to be faster and cheaper and easier to use AND I can 
>> get my
>> mail forwarded to it... Well I'm sure you get my thinking. Thanks 
>> again for
>> the suggestion. I'll check their site out. I'm still open to other
>> suggestions as well. Thanks again.---Al Johnson
>> ---------------
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jeremy Portzer" <jeremyp at pobox.com>
>> To: <trilug at trilug.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 11:28 PM
>> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Telocity/DirecTVDSL defunct
>>
>>
>>  
>>
>>> On Tue, 2002-12-17 at 21:36, al johson wrote:
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>>    How do you continue to receive your email after you get a new dsl
>>>>     
>>
>> email
>>  
>>
>>>> address?? I've heard hints that there are some websites which can
>>>>     
>>
>> forward
>>  
>>
>>>> all you email to your new address, but I haven't heard a thorough
>>>>     
>>
>> discussion
>>  
>>
>>>> of that problem.
>>>>     
>>>
>>> Many people choose email servers that are independent of their bandwidth
>>> provider.  I've done this for years with the pobox.com forwarding
>>> service -- it's only $15/year and well worth the "mobility" it gives me
>>> in where I receive your email.  There are many many other mail
>>> forwarding services out there (mail.com has quite a few different
>>> "vanity names" available for example).
>>>
>>> Since I see you have a mindspring.com address, you might prefer the
>>> Earthlink DSL or Cable service, since you can keep that address, but I
>>> think it's very wise to keep your email separate.  Of course, there's
>>> the possibility that pobox.com will go under for me -- you can't get
>>> true independence without owning your own domain.
>>>
>>> --Jeremy
>>>
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