Because that's the only way to get >5Mbps upload on a Home/Smallbiz connection from someone other than $WORK. Why so much upload? Because sometimes getting a file from here to there 10x faster means I can fix a problem/complete maintenance and go to sleep faster. Why a /29? Keep work, home, etc totally separate. Why home on a backup connection? Have you tried to concentrate on fixing something when wife/so doesn't have netflix/facebook?
On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 12:44 PM, Darin Steffl <[email protected]> wrote: > If it's just a backup connection, why do you have so much bandwidth with > Frontier? Why not just use their 7/1M package for $49.99 a month? > > On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 12:40 PM, Jon Auer <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yeah, I'm paying ~$180/mo for my Frontier DSL @40M/10M + static /29. >> That's my "just in case backup" if my primary 40/40M connection via >> myself goes down. >> It's solid. I'm paying through the nose for it for the upload and because >> Charter's always doing maintenance when I'm trying to do maintenance. >> >> On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 11:58 AM, Mathew Howard <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> "absurd"... ha. They make it sound like it's a total of $53.78 for both >>> DSL lines. If that's the case, it's hardly absurd... in fact, I'd say it's >>> a pretty darn good deal for where he is - assuming they actually work, >>> which I admit is questionable judging from what I've heard from other >>> Frontier DSL customers. >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Seth Mattinen <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On 10/1/15 09:33, James Howard wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://www.businessinsider.com/cable-company-charges-man-117000-for-internet-to-extend-network-2015-9 >>>>> >>>>> >>>> "Marshall pays an absurd $53.78 for two DSL lines" >>>> >>>> Wow. Whoever mentioned the whining about costing more than $29.99 was >>>> spot on. Are you a wizard? >>>> >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Darin Steffl > Minnesota WiFi > www.mnwifi.com > 507-634-WiFi > <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi> Like us on Facebook > <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi> >
