[TriLUG] [OT?} Alternate ISP

[jonc at nc.rr.com]

Just a note about Speakeasy... They are a cut above any other local DSL provider. Their equipment is co-located with the Bell stuff but separate. They also do NOT over subscribe their service - so you actually get the bandwidth you pay for (and at times a bit more).

Speakeasy also has guaranteed SLA's for available Bandwidth - which Bell will never do.

That being said, if TimeWarner Cable sells service in your area, go with them. No one delivers the amount of bandwidth for the buck that RoadRunner does - even if it is three times as expensive here as in some Northern cities.

Jon 
---- Brian McCullough <bdmc at bdmcc-us.com> wrote: 
> On Tue, Sep 11, 2007 at 04:23:06AM -0700, Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:
> > On Tue, 11 Sep 2007, Jim Ray wrote:
> > 
> > > I used portbridge.com for many, many years (formerly ipass.net) and
> > > enjoyed the fact that I talked to real, live local human beings when
> > > necessary.
> > 
> > I used portbridge on your recommendation and was equally 
> > happy with them. However they only did dial-up (I think they 
> > were frozen out of DSL by the big boys) and when the time 
> > came to go to DSL, I reluctantly had to drop portbridge.
> 
> 
> They certainly claim to be offering DSL now, but, although I haven't
> telephoned Portbridge yet, I seem to be noticing something.
> 
> The about $60 / month that I am currently paying Intrex for 256/128 is
> very like what Speakeasy, as Warren suggested, is offering for their 
> 1.5/384 ( admittedly a step up ) service.  However, to step up one 
> step with Speakeasy to 1.5/768, which is what they offer with the "free
> hardware and installation", they want $80 per month!
> 
> So I guess what I am asking is this, is DSL priced so much higher than
> Cable, and my $60 is a "reasonable" price, or are my service
> expectations just unreasonable, or ???
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Brian
> 
> 
> -- 
> TriLUG mailing list        : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug
> TriLUG Organizational FAQ  : http://trilug.org/faq/
> TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/