Consumer grade e-mail hosting options?

[David P. Schwartz]

Eric wrote:

> I was thinking about switching to Cox from Qwest on the theory that I could
> get a static IP address with little or no charge, and then set up a Web and
> e-mail server.  But is what you are saying that Cox disallows Web and e-mail
> hosting by its customers?
>

If you've got a residential line that you're looking at upgrading, Qwest is a PITA!  Their Residential and Business offices are in
different states and they offer completely different products, although they're really the same.  Residential give you three product
"packages" to choose from -- you don't get to pick your configuration.  Business lets you pick your configuration.  And for some
absolutely inexplicable and AMAZING reason, the prices Qwest charges for residential and business DSL are IDENTICAL!!!

I've got residential DSL (their "Deluxe" package) that provides 640k d/l, 256 u/l, a Cisco 675 modem, and their silly ISP with two email
addresses (one is required for the modem).  It costs about $50/mo.  Upgrades include static IPs and more mailboxes.  No higher u/l speed
options here.  Someone there told me that if I had a business line, then they COULD provide the faster u/l connection.  go figure...
(The best I can figure, the CO that I connect to only provides high-speed uplink connects to businesses, not residences, and the nearest
CO that has high-speed uplink connects is too far away from my home.)

I'm working with a client who's got the same service I've got at the same price, but it's coming into a business.  We're upgrading it to
640k d/l+u/l and a block of 8 static IPs and 5 emails.  Free upgrade, and the monthly cost is not quite doubled.

Now, for a good laugh ... some long distance resellers were trying to sell these guys a "T1" line that included 4000 mins of long
distance each month.  Well, it's really 10 x 128k lines plus a handful of emails and 20MB of web storage.  The price? $1040/mo!!!!

I figure that if one 640k line gets too constricting then we could add one or two more -- hmm, at $100/mo, we could have 10 x 640k lines
for $1000/mo...

-David