[TriLUG] cheap ISP for low-bandwidth home use?

[Igor Partola via TriLUG]

I have never used it, but maybe the Super Dimensional Fortress can help?
http://sdf.org/?join. Ctrl+F "DSL"

Igor

On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 4:01 PM, Tom Roche via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

>
> What's the cheapest way to rent a Linux-compatible home internet
> connection locally, now that FreedomPop's home service is going down? What
> I mean, why I ask:
>
> When TWC/Roadrunner raised their internet-only price (~2012, IIRC), I
> raised both middle fingers and switched to FreedomPop's 10 GB/mo
> Sprint-4G-based home service (was 20 $/mo then, is now 24 $/mo). That
> device (the FreedomPop Hub Burst) will EOS in a couple weeks, so I'm
> looking for alternatives. Any recommendations? My requirements seem fairly
> minor:
>
> * plays well with my (now-aging, but all up-to-date Debian) laptops and
> WRT54GL router
>
> * is generally reliable. (FP typically only went down during major
> thunderstorms.)
>
> * provides data quantity and rate greater than or equal to FP's 10 GB/mo
> and 1-2 MB/s (actual).
>
> * zero or minimal bundling with other goods/services
>
> So I'd like to know what OP (if anyone on this list is as cheap as I am
> :-) are doing for cheap internet access. Bridging off phones? Jumping from
> one yearly teaser rate to another? Something Completely Different?
>
> TIA, Tom Roche <Tom_Roche at pobox.com>
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