Aaron VonderHaar wrote:
I have used DSL Extreme for two years and have not had any problems
with them. I have their mid-bandwidth dynamic IP plan, and I have
been running two personal servers (using a free dynamic DNS service).
They do block incoming traffic on port 25 (SMTP) by default, but they
will open that port for your account on request. One thing to be
aware of is that they will send notices about your account to your
dslextreme email address, so be sure to set it up to forward to an
address that you check regularly (I missed the deadline to renew my
contract the first year because of this).
Cheers, --Aaron V.
On 12/16/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I've had them twice. The current contract started yesterday. I get
them when
I can't do cable modem for some reason (faster) and I don't do
Speakeasy for
some reason (more expensive for some plans & sometimes I can get
DSLExtreme
when Speakeasy can't reach my area). For Linux users they are much
better than SBC (now AT&T again).
On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 01:30:49PM -0800, Karl Cunningham wrote:
> Anyone have any experience or comments about dslextreme.com?
>
> I'm considering switching from Cox cable to them. Considerations are:
>
> About the same $$ (with 1-yr contract)
> 8 static IPs vx. Cox's one dynamic that's changed 3 times in 3 months.
> No blocked ports
None that I'm aware of.
> OK to run servers
AFAIK
> Probably 1/2 to 1/4 the DL speed of Cox. No biggie to me.
Actually, my last place I was so close to a repeating station that
DSLExtreme
graciously gave me MORE bandwidth for same or cheaper price than SBC
IIRC.
Cable will be faster yes. I'm not sure I notice all that much.
> No setup charge and modem included if I stay with them for a year.
Correct. See DSLExtreme. They even have an online PHP Chat app I
love to
avoid lame phone menus and waiting on hold.
> And hopefully support people whose answer to the first question is
> something other than "You need to connect a windows computer
directly to
> the cable modem before we can proceed."
This is why I avoid SBC/AT&T. DSLExtreme modem appears to your
laptop like a
normal Ethernet port so there are no OS issues. IIRC SBC/AT&T like
to use
PPPoE which is a pain since I'm not as familiar with it.
DSLExtreme is good. I'd recommend them.
Hope that helps.
Chris & others,
Thanks for the comments about dslextreme. They seem to have plans
similar to speakeasy, but a bit lower in price. I'm keen to switch away
from Cox; may do so in the next couple weeks.
Karl
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