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
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