I have a client that uses KMC/CenturyTel and they seem to like them. CenturyTel has been around for a while. I prefered their old name, KMC, better though. :-)
--- Puryear Information Technology, LLC Baton Rouge, LA * 225-706-8414 http://www.puryear-it.com Author of "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" Download your free copy: http://www.puryear-it.com/bestpractices.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edmund Cramp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <General at brlug.net> Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 5:35 PM Subject: [brlug-general] Local phone/data service > Hi everyone, > > Our company in Baton Rouge has been using EAtel for phone and > Internet services for about 15 years - today we received a notice from > them that they are getting out of the telephone and Internet service > business in 60 days. We now have to find another vendor - can anyone > make any local recommendations? > > We need two or three POTS phone line ports, an 8 port static address > block, and at least DSL speeds on our data. We run a mail server, list > server, two FTP sites, DNS, a low bandwidth Apache web server, and > firewall into our internal network so we need unrestricted access to all > the normal ports. > > We do not need (and will not use) "n" mailboxes, domain hosting or > any of the usual "extra" features that most vendors seem to want to add > into the contract. > > So far I'm looking a Cox and Bellsouth ... and neither vendor looks > particularly good although Cox appear to have real people working for > them while Bellsouth only has 'bots. > > Suggestions? Recommendations? > > Regards, > Edmund Cramp > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >
