[semi-OT] alternatives to FairPoint in Nashua?

Bill Sconce sconce at in-spec-inc.com
Fri Dec 11 21:42:25 EST 2009


On Tue, 8 Dec 2009 00:01:33 -0500
Thomas Charron <twaffle at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 9:39 PM, Peter Dobratz <peter at dobratz.us> wrote:
> > Are there any alternatives to FairPoint for internet + phone line in
> > Nashua?  We're far enough away from Main Street to miss out on the
> > free Wi-Fi.
> 
>   Too bad TDS doesn't serve Nashua.  Kinda funny that out here in the
> stick, we can get awesome support from the former Wilton telephone
> company.  :-D
> 
>   *waves to Bill Sconce*
> 
>   :-D


*waves to Thomas*

That's the ticket: TDS for last-mile, and DSL that works, and MV for
the real ISP support.  (TDS downside: they outsource everything that
an ISP would do, e.g., Gmail.)  But we *do* have MV.  And TDS's DSL
has been, oh, 3 nines.

pretty_good_for_the_boondocks'ly yrs,

Bill



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