Not to get into a "which ISP is better" debate, as I have respect for
everybody locally but I've had a very good time using Pyramid.net for my
connection. True static IP (not DHCP with a permanent lease over bridged
ATM instead of pppoe) and I can count the outages in the last year on
one hand. On the down side its a bit expensive ($50/mo) compared to
SBC/Charter deals, but I can count on the network and have never had the
problems that seem so common with the big ISP's. I get what I pay for.
The really nice thing is that they don't care in the least bit that I'm
running a home network and server on my service. In fact they know
exactly what I do because myself and another of their customers (a
coworker of mine) use their service to do remote monitoring and
administration of our server farm here at the office. They don't block
any ports (including 25, which is nice since I run my own private mail
server, thank you postfix) and their oversubscription rate is reasonable
enough that I have never experienced slowdowns due to their network
being saturated.
I've not tried any other local DSL providers (Hi Bruce) but then again
I've never had the need to.
My 2c
Ryan Flowers
www.rykoala.org
Todd A. Jacobs wrote:
On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 02:31:28PM -0700, Bruce Robertson wrote:
I've never understood why other providers attempt to restrict types of
traffic. It's doomed anyway - people will always find a way around
any restrictions.
I think the theory is that it allows them to over-subscribe their
networks while promoting the big, fat pipes no one can actually use
within the TOS. Even accessing one's own computer remotely technically
violates some of the more abusive TOSs. If all you're allowed to do is
surf the web and send email, one hardly needs a 256K/3MB link to
accomplish that.
Some over-subscription is essential for good capacity planning, but I
think what the cable companies do amounts to false advertisement. I just
wish the phone companies did a better job of servicing residential DSL
customers so I could switch, but I think they're afraid of cannabalizing
their more-lucrative T-1 services. *big sigh*
Anyway, this concludes my periodic rant about Charter and SBC. :)
Thanks for giving me a new topic for my blog! :-)
No extra charge. :) What's your blog's URL? Googling didn't turn
anything up for me.
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