[TriLUG] geek-friendly ISP's

[Chad Thomsen]

>>I guess they want to keep TW focused on the home consumer.

You would think Time warner would get a clue here.  Most people I talk to
stop in there tracks when they notice TW does not offer a CIR like feature
for there Broadband.  I have even talked to folks who switched to TW and
switched back because of lack of CIR.

Jon, thanks for the heads up.  I am definilty going to check them out.  My
contract with ITC Deltacom is up in several months and have been looking for
a cheaper alternative.  Only issue is some of my remote sites are not in a
major metro area and may not have broadband/dsl access.

Thanks again!

Chad

On 30 Jan 2006 22:11:47 -0500, Jon Carnes <jonc at nc.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Yep. Speakeasy is simply years ahead of their competition.
> You pay extra for the minimal Bandwidth but it operates just like CIR.
> The cost is cheaper than a T1 and it works really well with our VoIP.
>
> Speakeasy also sells Hosted VoIP (they use the same model as FeatureTel
> but with a national focus), and they have built their network to handle
> the demands of VoIP.
>
> I also love their "Portal" that lets you see every imaginable stat about
> your connectivity and the detailed scheduling of any service that is
> pending for your account.
>
> We've also been trying to get the local TW guys to do guaranteed minimal
> bandwidth. Every few months we call them up and they get really excited
> about it. I have a feeling that locally they would love to offer a CIR
> type product - but  as soon as they send the idea up to corp, the big
> rubber stamp always comes down: NO.
>
> I guess they want to keep TW focused on the home consumer.
>
> Jon Carnes
>
> On Mon, 2006-01-30 at 10:02, Chad Thomsen wrote:
> > Are you serious about the "guaranteed minimal bandwidth"?  Kind of like
> a
> > CIR for frame relay?  Reason I ask is I was contemplating switching our
> > remote offices for the network I run to Broadband/dsl solution but I
> could
> > not get timewaner or bellsouth to give me a CIR.  Since we run VoIP that
> is
> > critical.
> >
> > Chad
> >
> > On 28 Jan 2006 12:42:53 -0500, Jon Carnes <jonc at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, 2006-01-27 at 11:16, David W. Aquilina wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Jan 27, 2006 at 07:25:35AM -0500, Alan Porter wrote:
> > > > > > Speakeasy ++
> > > > >
> > > > > I assume that they resell other service, like Intrex
> > > > > and Earthlink do.  Are they Cable or DSL, or both?
> > > > >
> > > > > I did a quick search on their web page, and all they
> > > > > offered in the Cary/Apex BellSouth area was a T1.
> > > >
> > > > They resell Covad, which uses BellSouth's lines.
> > > >
> > > > (the one time I had line trouble it was a Covad truck that came out
> to
> > > check things out. It's worth noting that I had called late the night
> before,
> > > the truck was there early the next morning)
> > > >
> > > It's also worth noting that even though the Line comes from Bell the
> DSL
> > > is really on Speakeasy's network and *not* Bell's. This makes a
> > > tremendous difference in your internet connectivity.
> > >
> > > Some of our VoIP clients can't use either Bell or TimeWarner in their
> > > locations - due to those ISPs over-extending the local service (or
> > > running their service on older sub-standard cabling...). We've never
> had
> > > that problem with Speakeasy.
> > >
> > > Speakeasy also offers guaranteed minimal bandwidth - which you can't
> get
> > > from either Bell or TimeWarner. It costs more for the reserved
> bandwidth
> > > but it works great for VoIP service - and costs a lot less than a T1.
> > >
> > > Jon Carnes
> > > FeatureTel
> > >
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