I use Xmission with Utopia for my business needs. It's 15 MB download/upload (full duplex), although I personally have only seen it at 12 MB, with something like 30 or 40 GB monthly traffic. That's just the personal line. The business line has more throughput (30 MB) and more traffic, something like 100 GB/month. They support static IP addresses (I've got 8 right now - 5 usable). I currently just have two linksys routers that are daisy chained for my internet -> external -> internal network. For the price, I can do port forwarding, block ports, and setup a dmz. I suppose that with a more robust router (i.e. cisco or a linux box with dhcp, iptables, routes and nat) I could handle several more systems without too much of a hassle.
I've never waited on hold for more than a few minutes and they also operate an IRC channel that's available 24/7 including holidays. The techs are extremely knowledgeable and very helpful. -hobby -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 3:07 PM To: Provo Linux Users Group Mailing List Subject: Re: Fast and Cheap ISP for business My experience with business class DSL is you have the same problems of residential while still paying 2x as much. On 5/11/06, Gabriel Gunderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We currently have ELI as our primary data provider and plan on keeping > them. However, we are looking to off-load our internal web surfing > and off-site backups to another connection. > > I've never been in the market for DSL or cable for a business (only > personal use). Is there anything that I need to know about before > choosing a provider? Do they tend to cap upload speeds like they do > for residential users? Do they have better uptime then they provide > for the home users? How about static IPs, reverse DNS and port > blocking (such as port 25 out)? > > I know many of these things will differ from provider to provider, but > I thought you all might have some recommendations for me. If I'm > going to wait on hold for 15 minutes per provider, I'd like to be able > to ask the right questions :) > > Thanks. > > -- > Gabriel Gunderson > http://gundy.org > > > /* > 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. */
