[TriLUG] telocity->directvdsl->bellsouth

[Andrew Perrin]

I switched from telocity/directvdsl to Earthlink Cable (through TWC) about
a month before the collapse. I did it for the cost (about $10/month less
than DSL), the Delta miles (5K startup plus 100/month) and the speed,
which has been somewhat faster than telocity. I have no real complaints,
and certainly there's been no port blocking or TWC spies. And although
they don't officially support it, Earthlink knows and doesn't complain
about my running linux and having several machines behind it using NAT.

ap

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Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin
Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
clists at perrin.socsci.unc.edu * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu


On Sat, 25 Jan 2003, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote:

> has anyone actually made the last bit of this transition?  i'm
> finally getting around to looking at it, and -- to be blunt --
> bellsouth's terms of service seem to rather suck and be a
> signifant step backward from telocity's/directvdsl's.
> 
> specifically, lower uplink speed, no static ipa, and this
> little gem: "Reselling Service without express written
> consent from BellSouth, or offering any public information
> service using such accounts, such as running a Mail server,
> Web server or FTP server, is prohibited."  makes me wonder
> whether they block those ports inbound.. anyone know?
> 
> i've always been leery of tbe cable solution due to the
> shared-bandwidth aspect (among others), but i'm wondering
> if even that would be better than bellsouth.  afaics, bellsouth
> is losing the added-value items that caused me to select
> dsl over cable in the first place.
> 
> however, looking at twcnc i'm seeing other objectionable
> things.. like 'rental' of the cable modem (anyone remember
> when all telephones were the *property* of the telcos?),
> special software (my home gateway machine is linux), required
> 'installation', on-premises inspections, et cetera.
> 
> bugger directvdsl for not being able to stick with it, and
> having to throw us to these dogs.. :-)
> 
> of course, maybe someone here will tell me that all my concerns
> are bogus, and either bellsouth or twcnc/rr rocks in their
> socks..
> 
> i recall lots of discussions on this list about these providers,
> but can't find any real set of answers to these.. so i ask 'em
> again.
> 
> tia..
> -- 
> #ken	P-)}
> 
> Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedweinini  http://Golux.Com/coar/
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