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John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Steven Peck [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 11:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: RANT: ISP on-line orders http://www.surewest.com/ On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 5:49 AM, John Aldrich <[email protected]> wrote: Ok, I gotta know, who's your ISP? Doubt they're anywhere in my area. L John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Steven Peck [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 6:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: RANT: ISP on-line orders My provider gave me fiber to the house and a network port (it was 10mb, but they raised it to 20mb just cause). They said after verifying it worked I had to give them a MAC address and it was my problem. Servers on the network? Sure. Static IP Address? $3 provisioning cost and then $3/month (recently raised to $5/month). When my firewall system finally died, it was a 15 minute call to get them to change the MAC address. I love my ISP. If I ever move, it will be to an area with the same ISP and power company. Steven On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 2:29 PM, Steve Ens <[email protected]> wrote: I was supplied with a 3Wire unit. Works quite well, decent GUI as well. On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 4:16 PM, John Aldrich <[email protected]> wrote: ISP is Windstream. They were offering a combo DSL Modem/Router (3Wire.) I prefer Linksys as I know how to set them up and can flash the WRT-54GL with an aftermarket ROM. I wasn't sure what brand/model router they were offering, but I was pretty sure it wasn't a WRT54GL. Windstream is our only real option for phone service other than Charter, and Charter's internet sucks where I live. I ordered their service on a trial before I cancelled Windstream's DSL awhile back and decided to abort the Charter trial instead and give 'em back their modem. It was supposed to be like 5 Mbit/sec, and it just didn't match up with the Windstream, so I kept Windstream. Overall, Windstream is pretty decent as far as service goes - they don't do port 25 blocking and they don't seem to care that I'm running an SSH server, and accessing my machine at home. J Error! Filename not specified.Error! Filename not specified. From: Carl Houseman [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 4:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: RANT: ISP on-line orders How is $50 - $50 rebate = $0 not way better than $55 to Newegg? Afraid of rebates? I've hardly ever lost one. Companies who renege on rebates get dragged through the mud online and they know it, so it rarely happens. And what is the name of this exceedingly brilliant ISP? Always drop names, it gets their attention (sometimes). Carl _____ From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 4:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RANT: ISP on-line orders Ok, so this morning I ordered an upgrade to my DSL to 6 Mbit and I logged in as an existing user, but it still required me to select either a DSL modem or a wireless router and I had to call customer service to ask that they NOT send me a "free" (after $50 rebate) modem. I wouldn't have minded a wireless router as I would like wireless at home, but I'm not prepared to pay $50 to my ISP when for $5 more I can buy it direct from NewEgg and get free shipping. J Still.what idiot makes you order a new modem when you already have service??? Someone needs to fix the website so that when you log in as an existing DSL customer they don't make you choose like that! Error! Filename not specified.Error! Filename not specified. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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