I'd agree but there just isn't a need to run such a thing in your house. You could colocate a box for cheaper than that and get better power delivery, uptime guarantees, and onsite backups.
On 10/23/07, Tim Fournet <tfournet at tfour.net> wrote: > > Considering you get a full-duplex service, 100% guaranteed bandwidth, > 99.9% uptime guarantee, I don't think it's so bad. > > Andrew Baudouin wrote: > > No less than 250 a month... ;) for 1.544 mbps that's highway robbery > > IMO. I know you can now have your own exchange basically, but still.... > > > > I really do like my 12M/768K for 41.95 :) Who really needs to run an > > email server? > > > > On 10/23/07, *Tim Fournet* <tfournet at tfour.net > > <mailto:tfournet at tfour.net>> wrote: > > > > 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> > > > <mailto: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. 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