either you're too far from the CO, or the neighborhood is full of fiber, which kills DSL. What price did they quote you on T1 (if you don't mind me asking)?
mat branyon wrote: > Sadly, I just got off the phone with them... > > They don't offer adsl where at the house I am buying, but they did try > to sell me a t1 line... stating that some people use it for gaming... > > so my high opinions of them dropped a bit. > > On 10/22/07, *Tim Fournet* <tfournet at tfour.net > <mailto:tfournet at tfour.net>> wrote: > > Speakeasy is available in the New Orleans area in Louisiana, but > that's > about it. I was actually in VoIP training with Speakeasy in Dallas > last > week when that story broke, and the Speakeasy managers there were > laughing about what Comcast is doing. Speakeasy does not block, > filter, > or throttle any incoming our outgoing ports on their network. The one > thing that they do is to give voice packets priority on their MPLS > network, but they have so much bandwidth in their backbone that > nobody > would even notice. Every account also comes with static IPs, and even > shell accounts. > > If you have them as a choice, it's definitely worth the extra dollars. > Their support is excellent, and they support "alternative" operating > sytems. > > mat branyon wrote: > > I just moved to Denver a couple of months ago. Comcast is our > ISP up > > here, and I can verify that our service is horrible (roommate > > downloads a lot through bittorrent). > > > > I'll be moving into a new house in the next couple weeks, and there > > will be no Comcast. There will be no Qwest either. There will be > > DirectTV, and for internet, Speakeasy (they even have an option > where > > you don't have to have a phone line). Speakeasy runs about the > price > > of business DSL, but in their TOS they specify that nothing will be > > blocked. You are guaranteed nothing but the bandwidth you > purchase. > > They also give static IP addresses. > > > > > > Last I checked, Speakeasy wasn't available in Louisiana (that was a > > few years ago though) > > > > --mat > > > > On 10/19/07, *B. Estrade* < estrabd at gmail.com > <mailto:estrabd at gmail.com> > > <mailto:estrabd at gmail.com <mailto:estrabd at gmail.com>>> wrote: > > > > Some of you might get excited about this: > > > > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21376597/ > > > > Brett > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > General at brlug.net <mailto:General at brlug.net> > <mailto:General at brlug.net <mailto:General at brlug.net>> > > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > General at brlug.net <mailto:General at brlug.net> > > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > <http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net <mailto: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 >
