Free at last, free at last! Thank you Pete, I am Qwest-free at last! Xmission only meters bandwidth M-F between 7:00 AM and midnight. Transmissions between xmission customers, including downloads from mirrors.xmission.com are not counted toward your cap either. That means if your work and home are both on xmission, you could transfer unlimited amounts of data, same if you are installing distros from their mirrors site.
http://www.xmission.com/help/misc/faqs/dsl.html#17b (utopia limits same as dsl) Xmission sales said (today on the phone), they will be offering VoIP in the near future. I don't know about Asterisk connectivity, but I am putting in my request for that functionality--feel free to join me. You also get your first two 2 months free and a public, static IP address. My friends how have had Mstar have had a lot of problems--poor bandwidth (1-5 mbps) and nets flooded with DNS and DHCP traffic. Tech support is weak, and customer service sloooowwww. One friend is in Orem (service is so bad MSTAR is paying HIM to stay) and the other is trying to get service for his apartment complex in Provo but they won't call him back. I live off 4th West and Center in Orem. My Utopia install date is TOMORROW! Yes, I am using xmission. I am so unsatisfied with Qwest that I cut off my DSL service and have been w/o phone and internet for 2 weeks. I could not stand to pay them one more penny. M. > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: Utopia? > From: Greg and Jill Jepperson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, November 03, 2005 10:36 am > To: Provo Linux Users Group Mailing List <[email protected]> > > I live in Orem. > > Xmission is $44 a month for 15 Mbps up to 100 GB/month > (http://xmission.com/utopia/index.html). Not sure how much it costs > if you go over that. There is also no contract so you could cancel > anytime. > > MStar has their regular pricing listed here > (http://www.mstarmetro.net/pricing/utopia.html). They are running a > promotion (not sure how long or what areas it is available other than > Orem) that provides internet and phone service for $41.95. The > internet is restricted to 2 GB/month and you are charged $1 per GB > over that. You can pay $15 more for 100 GB/month. For $10 more they > offer unlimited long distance. For the promotion they require a 1 > year contract. They have other plans too if the 2 GB limit is too low > for you. > > The MStar sales guy and customer support seem uncertain of what > exactly is offered with the service and what additional costs are for > extra services. Xmission is what I would call a "geek friendly" > company. They are very open with what is going on with their network > (via email announcement and access to their network monitoring > system). I really like that. > > MStar gets a bad rap for their phone service because they took over > the contract for one of the iProvo providers that fizzled. I don't > know how much of the service problems were their fault but they sales > guy said it had nothing to do with them (go figure). > > I went with MStar because I thought I could manage my usage enough to > stay under the 2 GB/month and if the phone service doesn't work out > then I'll get a cell phone for my wife. The sales guy gave me my > first 2 months free too... I think he was tired of my questions. > > Hope it all works out! > Greg > > On 11/3/05, Grant Shipley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Where do you guys live? They are currently digging up my front yard > > and laying the cable. How long after that can I go online? > > > > One thing I have noticed that some isps (xmission for example) will > > offer 10-30mbit connections but will allow you to download 100gb a > > month. > > > > We should call around and compile a list of ISPs: How much they > > charge and if they have any limits. > > > > Grant > > > > On 11/3/05, Greg and Jill Jepperson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I signed up with MStar too and would be interested in anyones thoughts on > > > it. > > > > > > Just 12 more days until I cut the cord with Qwest! > > > > > > On 11/1/05, Dreamer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Almost forgot for those who are interested the URL is > > > > http://www.utopianet.org/corporate.htm > > > > > > > > /* > > > > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > > > > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > > > > Don't fear the penguin. > > > > */ > > > > > > > > > > /* > > > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > > > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > > > Don't fear the penguin. > > > */ > > > > > > > /* > > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > > Don't fear the penguin. > > */ > > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
