Opinions on GSInet DSL and/or Actiontec DSL modem/router products

Travis Roy travis at scootz.net
Thu Jul 31 16:10:11 EDT 2003


I have MV Communications for my DSL with a Westel DSL modem like this:

http://ebay3.ipixmedia.com/abc/M28/_EBAY_aba3457ed36aef8e5393e11d18815f4b/i-
1.JPG

No PPPoE crap, the TOS/AUP is basically don't spam, don't bother other,
other then that we don't really care. I pay $85/month for 768/768 ADSL,
never had a problem. I used to work there so they gave me a few extra static
IPs then a normal person but the dynamic IPs I get have never changed. They
give you control of your reverse DNS. I would very highly reccomend them.

On a side note I told them about the manchesterwireless.org project (free
wireless off our DSL) any "normal" ISP would usually throw a hissy fit. MV
not only didn't care, they offered a few months of free co-location space if
we needed it and to let them know how the DSL held up. Also a site that I
host (www.guster.net run by a friend) generated over 30gigs of traffic one
month, I told them about it and said I was going to thottle the site and
they said I didn't have to and they didn't care.

Now that's an ISP.

(I currently have 2 linux server on it, an Airport base station supporting a
Powerbook and a linux laptop, a windows box, and a G3 mac. I also have a
cable going to the neighbors apt. [also okay with MV] where he's running a
cisco access point supporting manchester wireless, an openbsd box, a windows
box, a laptop, and a Sparc 5)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gnhlug-discuss-admin at mail.gnhlug.org
> [mailto:gnhlug-discuss-admin at mail.gnhlug.org]On Behalf Of Larry Cook
> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 3:36 PM
> To: GNHLUG
> Subject: Opinions on GSInet DSL and/or Actiontec DSL modem/router
> products
>
>
> I'm considering getting DSL through GSInet
> (http://www.gsinet.net).  They sell
> Actiontec (http://www.actiontec.com) DLS modems and routers.
> Does anyone have
> any experience with either GSInet's DSL service or Actiontec
> products?  I'm
> looking for both good and bad experiences in general and any
> specific Linux
> issues to be aware of.
>
> Thanks,
> Larry
>
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