DSL Provider of Choice

Bill Studley bills at aa1oc.org
Wed Dec 25 18:53:08 EST 2002


Jason Stephenson wrote:

> I have SDSL with G4 Communications out of Manchester (I *think*). The 
> service is good and they don't use PPP, as Verizon does.
>
> They use DHCP, but have it set up so that your NIC always gets the 
> same IP address. (They do this by hard coding it for MAC address.)
>
> I had to have a circuit installed at the house and ran some wire from 
> the basement to the third floor office.
>
> They don't care what you run at home. Once you get a connection and an 
> IP number, it's all up to you.
>
> I've had a couple problems, but nothing that was major or kept me 
> offline more than a few hours.
>
>
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I'ved used Speakeasy as my ISP provider for my ADSL connection for close 
to 3 years and I have found them knowledgeable and encouraging in the 
use of Linux.

Just my $0.02





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