OT: High speed without ISP?

[Shawn Badger]

I don't know if it still available. About 5 years ago I had a DSL from
quest that terminated at Global Crossing. Then I just purchased what
ever service form the ISP I wanted. Like I said, I don't know if it
still is an option. I dropped DSL a couple of years ago when I didn't
need a home phone any more and Quest wouldn't provide a DSL circuit with
out dial tone.


On Fri, 2006-06-02 at 10:49 -0700, Eric "Shubes" wrote:
> Alan Dayley wrote:
> > JD Austin said:
> >> This page has all the links you need to clue them in:
> >> http://my.qwest.net/nav4/solutions/pwr_tools/static_ip/product_info/staticip.html
> > 
> > Nope.  Still clueless.
> > 
> > I was just in a chat with them, pointed them at the page and they promptly
> > tried to sell me the "Qwest Choice Deluxe" service *with* ISP instead of
> > the "Qwest Choice Internet Basic" service on the page you reference.  I
> > asked them where the "Qwest Choice Internet Basic" service is fully
> > described and they pointed me at the Deluxe service again.  "Julie" then
> > informed me that there is no service without an ISP, despite what any web
> > pages say.
> > 
> > Sigh.  It'd be funny if it wasn't so typical and frustrating.
> > 
> > I found this page with Google:
> > http://my.qwest.net/nav4/solutions/internet/bbb.html
> > 
> > I'll have to try again on the phone to get any answers out of them, I hope.
> > 
> > Alan
> > 
> 
> Hey Alan (and others),
> 
> Did you ever get anywhere with this? I'm setting off to travel this 
> (hopefully not exactly this) road.
> 
> I'm finding that I pretty much need a static IP address to run my email 
> server. I have a dynamic address that dyndns.org tracks for me, but I've 
> found out that cox.net and aol.com are blocking incoming email from 
> servers at dynamic addresses. :( The only other option I'm aware of is 
> dnsdns's webhop service, but that has a daily limit that I'm not fond of.
> 
> All I need from Qwest is the DSL. I'm looking at getnet, convergent, and 
> fastq for an ISP. I'll be running my own 'services' (virtual domains: 
> email, web hosting). I'll probably continue to use dyndns.org for dns 
> services and domain registration.
> 
> Anyone have any guideposts/pointers?
>