Daniel, Shannon pretty much hit the nail on the head for ISP's around here, unfortunately, there isn't a wide selection. In the residential market, Cox and Bellsouth share about 90% of the market -- you can forget about knowledgeable staff, 60 second hold times are a dream and both (last time I checked) explicitly forbid you to share your connection with neighbors.
The only other ISP I can think of off the top of my head is the old BRWireless, now BroadbandIP (see http://www.broadbandip.net). I've done some work with those guys before, while they are a small shop, a lot of times that can be an advantage. Just some thoughts... JP _____ From: Joe Fruchey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: general at brlug.net Sent: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 08:01:17 -0400 Subject: Re: [brlug-general] BR ISPs With that list, good luck finding anything under $500 a month. On 6/4/07, Shannon Roddy <sroddy at gmail.com> wrote: > On 6/3/07, Daniel Webb <lists at danielwebb.us> wrote: > > I'm moving to Baton Rouge soon, and I'm interested in hearing any > > recommendations for ISPs. The following are non-negotiable: > > > > * a static IP address > > * unlimited ability to run servers, no blocked or filtered ports > > * knowledgable customer service (if I know more about their gear than they do, > > they're out) > > * fast customer service (I shouldn't have to wait more than 60 seconds on the > > phone if I have a problem) > > Well, it has been a while since I actually evaluated the local ISPs, > but I would hazard a guess that BellSouth (now AT&T?) would be out. > Probably Cox too for that matter with your list of deal breakers. Cox > offers a business class of service which is quite different from > regular consumer class, so maybe. > > Do you have an exact location selected yet? Or are you still shopping > for an appartment/house? If you are still shopping and may end up in > Eatel's service area, maybe someone can shed some light on Eatel? > They have fiber to the home. Also, does anyone know if BRWireless is > still around? > > > > > I would also prefer that the usage agreement explicitly allows me to share > > wireless with my neighbors, although that's not a deal-breaker. I'm currently > > using Speakeasy because they have all the qualities above, but I would like to > > use a local ISP if possible. A friend of mine found an ISP like this when he > > moved to Albuquerque, so I figured it's worth asking here. > > > > Thanks, > > Daniel > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > General at brlug.net > > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > _______________________________________________ General mailing list General at brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.brlug.net/pipermail/general_brlug.net/attachments/20070604/8ff54afa/attachment.html
