There are a couple other solutions in town, it depends on how much you want to spend and what kind of service you are looking for. Radiant (www.radiant.net) offers DSL service, though it may be pricey for the average home user. If you are running a business, though, it might be feasable to spend up to $500 on internet service. T1s cost too much (about $800-$1200 per month, depending). There are a couple of wireless providers in town who might be able to service your location. Try Platinum Communications (www.platinumcommunications.net), they offer home service, or TeraGo Networks (www.terago.ca), though they are business-oriented; a T1 from TeraGo costs about $350/mo, with a $1250 install fee.
On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 13:01:57 -0600 (MDT), Chris Lobkowicz wrote: >Ultimatly I am looking for broadband access at home, I am currently on >Shaw, and am looking for static ip's (as I would like to run my own >servers, as allowed in most business orientated usage policies). So >external mail, dns, firewall, etc, should not pose a problem for me. > >I dont mind Shaw currently, although the upload speed does suck, and the >ip address bounce did affect me for about 7 hours or so. Plus, the whole >server bit will likely get me slapped. >The main reason I am asking this, is I am quite close to a telephone >exchange, and 7 hops from downtown on shaw. So I am looking for dsl. >AFAIK AT&T doesnt offer dsl outside of the downtown core, and Telus isnt >much of an option for dsl (I too hate the big giant), so I am basically >looking at Nucleus, unless I can get my hands on some of the Motorola >10mbit wireless stuff, and put in a sender in my clients office, and a >receiver on my roof, so I can use their dedicated T1 :) > >Either way, I am willing to pay double Shaw's rate for reliable, static >IP, dsl. > >Thanks for all the suggestions and insight. > > > > > >> Quoting Chris Lobkowicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >>> And partially related, what are users opinions of the various >>> broadband providers out there? Shaw, Nucleus, Telus, etc. >> >> Telus: I use them at home, and we used them for awhile at work. I would >> have to say that their service is fairly reliable. The only problem I >> have every had was a few late night routing problems, but those have >> gone away. However if you look for any tech support, you might as well >> look somewhere else because their support sucks. It will take them >> forever to install or fix anything at your location, and when you do get >> a support agent on the line (after waiting on hold for an hour and being >> transfered to 12 different departments), odds are they won't know shit >> and will try their best to get you to hang up instead of resolving the >> problem. >> >> Shaw: I have never used them myself, but my brother uses them and I have >> heeard good and bad things. He thinks their great because he believes >> that it is way faster than DSL. However he has experienced connection >> issues, and even had his service temporarely disconnected for running a >> server. Another problem is that you cannot connect to their mail servers >> remotely, you are forced to use their webmail system. >> >> AT&T: We have an AT&T DSL line at work. So far they have provided us >> with reliable service. Their tech. support is good in comarison to >> Telus. You don't have to wait on hold, and when you get someone on the >> line, they will usually help you, or create a support ticket for you. Of >> course a couple times we were transfered to Sky Dome instead of our >> account rep. (I told my boss to try to get me tickets to Sundays game). >> Some of their techs. do seem like they could use some additional >> training though. For example, everyone I talk to tells me that I should >> not put up a firewall behind their router, but no one has been able to >> give me a reasonable explanation as to why it is not necessary. We have >> also had some problems with their mail. It often times out when trying >> to recieve mail, and their SMTP servers will not relay messages for >> people trying to send mail from their laptops at home, and they also >> have no web mail system. The other compaint I have is that their online >> toolkits don't display correctly under Mozilla on Konq. but they work >> reasonably well with Opera. >> >> Hope this helps, >> >> Jesse > > > >
