>>I guess they want to keep TW focused on the home consumer. You would think Time warner would get a clue here. Most people I talk to stop in there tracks when they notice TW does not offer a CIR like feature for there Broadband. I have even talked to folks who switched to TW and switched back because of lack of CIR.
Jon, thanks for the heads up. I am definilty going to check them out. My contract with ITC Deltacom is up in several months and have been looking for a cheaper alternative. Only issue is some of my remote sites are not in a major metro area and may not have broadband/dsl access. Thanks again! Chad On 30 Jan 2006 22:11:47 -0500, Jon Carnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yep. Speakeasy is simply years ahead of their competition. > You pay extra for the minimal Bandwidth but it operates just like CIR. > The cost is cheaper than a T1 and it works really well with our VoIP. > > Speakeasy also sells Hosted VoIP (they use the same model as FeatureTel > but with a national focus), and they have built their network to handle > the demands of VoIP. > > I also love their "Portal" that lets you see every imaginable stat about > your connectivity and the detailed scheduling of any service that is > pending for your account. > > We've also been trying to get the local TW guys to do guaranteed minimal > bandwidth. Every few months we call them up and they get really excited > about it. I have a feeling that locally they would love to offer a CIR > type product - but as soon as they send the idea up to corp, the big > rubber stamp always comes down: NO. > > I guess they want to keep TW focused on the home consumer. > > Jon Carnes > > On Mon, 2006-01-30 at 10:02, Chad Thomsen wrote: > > Are you serious about the "guaranteed minimal bandwidth"? Kind of like > a > > CIR for frame relay? Reason I ask is I was contemplating switching our > > remote offices for the network I run to Broadband/dsl solution but I > could > > not get timewaner or bellsouth to give me a CIR. Since we run VoIP that > is > > critical. > > > > Chad > > > > On 28 Jan 2006 12:42:53 -0500, Jon Carnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, 2006-01-27 at 11:16, David W. Aquilina wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jan 27, 2006 at 07:25:35AM -0500, Alan Porter wrote: > > > > > > Speakeasy ++ > > > > > > > > > > I assume that they resell other service, like Intrex > > > > > and Earthlink do. Are they Cable or DSL, or both? > > > > > > > > > > I did a quick search on their web page, and all they > > > > > offered in the Cary/Apex BellSouth area was a T1. > > > > > > > > They resell Covad, which uses BellSouth's lines. > > > > > > > > (the one time I had line trouble it was a Covad truck that came out > to > > > check things out. It's worth noting that I had called late the night > before, > > > the truck was there early the next morning) > > > > > > > It's also worth noting that even though the Line comes from Bell the > DSL > > > is really on Speakeasy's network and *not* Bell's. This makes a > > > tremendous difference in your internet connectivity. > > > > > > Some of our VoIP clients can't use either Bell or TimeWarner in their > > > locations - due to those ISPs over-extending the local service (or > > > running their service on older sub-standard cabling...). We've never > had > > > that problem with Speakeasy. > > > > > > Speakeasy also offers guaranteed minimal bandwidth - which you can't > get > > > from either Bell or TimeWarner. It costs more for the reserved > bandwidth > > > but it works great for VoIP service - and costs a lot less than a T1. > > > > > > Jon Carnes > > > FeatureTel > > > > > > -- > > > TriLUG mailing list : > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > > > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
