"The consumer offers do not permit customers to host any type of server, personal or commercial."
-- The Verizon FIOS FAQ http://www22.verizon.com/fiosforhome/channels/fios/root/faq.asp#features_q1 See, that's the problem. The tech may be nice but the people are still not. That's why I say vote with your wallet. Nick On Fri, 1 Jul 2005, Russ Kay wrote:
That's why I said Verizon FIOS, not DSL. I don't see how people get good DSL deals, considering everywhere I check it's expensive as all hell. FIOS' 15mbit/2mbit for $49.99 is a good deal. Beats Comcasts 4mbit/42KB? And DSL (unless you went forward in time and got DSL2) -Russ -----Original Message----- From: UM Linux User's Group [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nick Cummings Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 3:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [UM-LINUX] Comcast Go with Verizon if you want yet more incompetent, unreliable service. At least, that would be what I would expect based on my experiences with them as a phone service provider and the experiences of my friends with Verizon DSL. I also know that my friend with Verizon DSL was also told they don't allow customers to run servers (at least with a normal home user account). Speakeasy, however, is reliable and consistently gets excellent marks for their customer service. They have absolutely no rules against running a server than they even OFFICIALLY SUPPORT LINUX, AFAIK (I know that have instructions for setting up your connection in Linux). I'll leave it at that except to say that you might be able to save a few bucks by going with another provider, and you might be able to weasel your way around the ToS restrictions somewhere else, but why not choose a company that actually allows users to USE their connections and supports the Linux community (they support the OS and run an RPMfind mirror)? Nick
