Alternatives to Comcast

[Jarod Wilson]

On Tue, 2008-05-20 at 22:17 -0400, Dave Johnson wrote:
> Ben Scott writes:
> >   Where are you located?  If we know where you're at, we might be able
> > to make specific recommendations.  In the Manchester area, give MV a
> > call (http://www.mv.com).  Around Haverhill or Amesbury (MA), try USAi
> > (http://www.usai.net).
> 
> For those in MA, I'd highly recommend AceDSL via Verizon's ATM cloud.
> They (along with many other ISPs) should be able to get you a line in
> most of Verizon's COs in eastern MA.
> 
> http://www.acedsl.com/acedsl_coverage.php?state=MA
> 
> I've had a dry line DSL (no voice) 3m/768k connection to them for
> almost 3 years.
> 
> Pure IP from their network to the dsl bridge, none of this PPPoE
> garbage you'd get with Verizon as the ISP.

I'm rather fond of my Verizon FiOS here in Tyngsboro, MA. No PPoE, PPoE,
etc., just straight up fiber to the optical network terminal on the
outside of the box, ethernet from there to my switch, off which I hang
stuff, utilizing the 5 static IP addresses I've got. $99/mo, wide-open
EULA, 20Mbps down, 5Mbps up (business-class package, but at my
residence).


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Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com