On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 06:00:06PM -0500, Rich Kulawiec wrote: > Their DSL deal might not sound quite as good as Verizon's at first > glance, but: (a) they have far more clue than your average Verizon > front-line person (b) they're Linux-friendly -- and OpenBSD-friendly, > and so on (c) they're using Actiontec modems which allow you to share > voice/data on the same line, and which, unless I'm mistaken, run Linux > and (d) they will, if you ask, get you a static IP address, which > Verizon won't do.
I don't get a kickback that I know of, but Speakeasy has no problem giving you a modem that lets you share voice and data on the same line. As far as I know, that's the rule with DSL. > And there's one other thing: my experience with them has been that if > there's a problem that's clearly affecting multiple customers (like: > insane routing updates propagated by ALGX, or in-the-tunnels fire > that melts fiber optic cables, etc.) that I don't *have* to call them: I remember the fire. Care to expand upon the "insane routing updates from ALGX" issue? I only remember one instance when that was possible, and if I recall correctly, it was avoided. Ben -- Ben Stern UNIX & Networks Monkey [EMAIL PROTECTED] This post does not represent FTI, even if I claim it does. Neener neener. UM Linux Users' Group Electromagnetic Networks Microbrew Software
