[brlug-general] comcast
Andrew Baudouin
andrewmb at gmail.com
Tue Oct 23 09:34:02 CDT 2007
I'd agree but there just isn't a need to run such a thing in your house.
You could colocate a box for cheaper than that and get better power
delivery, uptime guarantees, and onsite backups.
On 10/23/07, Tim Fournet <tfournet at tfour.net> wrote:
>
> Considering you get a full-duplex service, 100% guaranteed bandwidth,
> 99.9% uptime guarantee, I don't think it's so bad.
>
> Andrew Baudouin wrote:
> > No less than 250 a month... ;) for 1.544 mbps that's highway robbery
> > IMO. I know you can now have your own exchange basically, but still....
> >
> > I really do like my 12M/768K for 41.95 :) Who really needs to run an
> > email server?
> >
> > On 10/23/07, *Tim Fournet* <tfournet at tfour.net
> > <mailto:tfournet at tfour.net>> wrote:
> >
> > either you're too far from the CO, or the neighborhood is full of
> > fiber,
> > which kills DSL. What price did they quote you on T1 (if you don't
> > mind
> > me asking)?
> >
> > mat branyon wrote:
> > > Sadly, I just got off the phone with them...
> > >
> > > They don't offer adsl where at the house I am buying, but they
> > did try
> > > to sell me a t1 line... stating that some people use it for
> > gaming...
> > >
> > > so my high opinions of them dropped a bit.
> > >
> > > On 10/22/07, *Tim Fournet* <tfournet at tfour.net
> > <mailto:tfournet at tfour.net>
> > > <mailto:tfournet at tfour.net <mailto:tfournet at tfour.net>>> wrote:
> > >
> > > Speakeasy is available in the New Orleans area in Louisiana,
> > but
> > > that's
> > > about it. I was actually in VoIP training with Speakeasy in
> > Dallas
> > > last
> > > week when that story broke, and the Speakeasy managers there
> > were
> > > laughing about what Comcast is doing. Speakeasy does not
> block,
> > > filter,
> > > or throttle any incoming our outgoing ports on their
> > network. The one
> > > thing that they do is to give voice packets priority on
> > their MPLS
> > > network, but they have so much bandwidth in their backbone
> that
> > > nobody
> > > would even notice. Every account also comes with static IPs,
> > and even
> > > shell accounts.
> > >
> > > If you have them as a choice, it's definitely worth the
> > extra dollars.
> > > Their support is excellent, and they support "alternative"
> > operating
> > > sytems.
> > >
> > > mat branyon wrote:
> > > > I just moved to Denver a couple of months ago. Comcast is
> > our
> > > ISP up
> > > > here, and I can verify that our service is horrible
> (roommate
> > > > downloads a lot through bittorrent).
> > > >
> > > > I'll be moving into a new house in the next couple weeks,
> > and there
> > > > will be no Comcast. There will be no Qwest either. There
> > will be
> > > > DirectTV, and for internet, Speakeasy (they even have an
> > option
> > > where
> > > > you don't have to have a phone line). Speakeasy runs
> > about the
> > > price
> > > > of business DSL, but in their TOS they specify that
> > nothing will be
> > > > blocked. You are guaranteed nothing but the bandwidth you
> > > purchase.
> > > > They also give static IP addresses.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Last I checked, Speakeasy wasn't available in Louisiana
> > (that was a
> > > > few years ago though)
> > > >
> > > > --mat
> > > >
> > > > On 10/19/07, *B. Estrade* < estrabd at gmail.com
> > <mailto:estrabd at gmail.com>
> > > <mailto:estrabd at gmail.com <mailto:estrabd at gmail.com>>
> > > > <mailto: estrabd at gmail.com <mailto:estrabd at gmail.com>
> > <mailto:estrabd at gmail.com <mailto:estrabd at gmail.com>>>> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Some of you might get excited about this:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21376597/
> > > >
> > > > Brett
> > > >
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