thanks howard very well said! On Mon, 21 Jun 2004, Howard Fredericks wrote:
> I live at the extreme edges of the DSL service area in the > Bethel/Danebo area of Eugene. I am paying about $15-20/mo for the 256k > Qwest DSL -- Qwest has a small combo discount for combined services. > It's typically another $15-25 per month for the ISP charges, but this > can vary greatly depending upon the amount of bandwidth you are buying > and if you are a business-class resource consumer. > > I must admit I am very intrigued by the 802.11g wireless service > starting to be offered by some local Internet service providers. I > believe the service offerings are comparably priced to high-speed DSL > and cable modem. If I my neighbor a few houses away didn't have a > huge tree blocking blocking my few of the Coburg Hills, I'd probably be > using wireless today. The local ISPs are mostly using work of mouth > advertising, so you may have to make a couple of inquires. I know of > at least two local providers and I suspect there are more. Ask around. > [Circa $50-$60/mo for service]. > > I dislike the idea renting a pair of copper wires in the ground from a > company based outside of the local area. The wireless angle allows me > to thumb my nose at Qwest for not investing in my neighborhood telecomm > infrastructure. > > If I lived closer to a the telephone central office, I'd consider at > the Qwest "bring your own ISP" offering so I could run a webserver at > home on a fast connection. At last check, this package is not > bandwidth throttled nor limited by the typical usage limitations [allow > servers]. Most ISP's do not permit one to run servers at home as they > must pay bandwidth charges incurred by traffic coming/going over their > Internet uplink. If you are interested in Linux and/or you are a > power-user that wants to run your own services, this might be ideal for > you. > > An nice side-benefit of the bring-your-own-ISP is that you can continue > supporting EFN and OPN. The cost of providing the base-network > connectivity [dialup ports/DSL Qwest charges, uplink bandwidth, etc] > is an overwhelmingly huge portion of the expense is providing your ISP > service. I expect the EFN technical and support infrastructure changes > currently in shakedown should satisfactorily address any lingering > historical concerns. > > Since I'm not particularly interested in cable TV, the cable modem > (data only) rates offered by Comcast aren't particularly attractive to > me as a consumer. I was paying about $55-60/mo for data only with > Comcast locally a year or so ago. The cable TV + data combination > discounts bring the month recurring costs down to merely ridiculous. > > Don't forget, you earn good karma points and keep some of your money > local by working with a local ISP. Everything be equal, I would rather > support my neighbors and encourage others to do likewise. > > Let me know if this helped your brainstorming for options. > > Opinions are my own and will not necessarily work in anyone else's > reality or circumstances. Some of the cost estimates may no longer be > accurate. Not available is all areas. Consult your own tarot cards > before... [Insert standard disclaimer here.] > > --Howard Fredericks > > > > > On Jun 19, 2004, at 4:14 PM, Kenneth Silverman wrote: > > > hey guys so i'm researching for high speed. what's everybody using and > > how much? i'm looking for the best deal, of course, and it'd be good > > if they'd host my website too. i'd like to think i'm staying with efn > > but i'm not sure what to do so once my dues expire end of sept then > > maybe i'm moving on....let me know.....ken > > Ken Silverman > > 541 343 0912 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://members.efn.org/~hapilife/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > EUGLUG mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
