Alternatives to Comcast

[VirginSnow at vfemail.net]

> Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 21:18:17 -0400
> From: Dan Miller <rambi.dev at gmail.com>
> CC: gnhlug-discuss at mail.gnhlug.org

> I'm in Southern Nashua. Right at the border, so I think that mv.com is 
> out. I will look into fairpoint though. I know I can't get fiber (that 

MV is available far beyond Nashua.  I have a dry loop from them in
Dover, for example.  If there is telephone service at your location
(true of most places have these days!), you really have to call and
find out whether or not their DSL is available there.

> would be ideal), I've never done DSL before, but I know its different 
> setup with PPoE and such.

Actually, when you set up service, they'll ask you: Do you want a
routed or bridged connection?  Seriously.  I almost fell off my seat
when they asked me that.  Take all the painful preconceptions (or past
experiences) you might have about McISPs and toss them out.  MV is a
real ISP.