Cox Internet connectivity..

[KevinO]

storkus at storkus.com wrote:
> Umm...I must be missing something here: you still need the hard
> connection
> to the outside world so how can you ssh into someone else's network
> without a working network connection of your own?
> 
Because he has a solid connection and route to his friend, just not to where he 
wants to go.

> Along the same lines, the guy who recommended the DSL resellers: it's
> still Qwest's copper that's getting resold,
Tell us something we ALL don't know. The difference is, ISP's like Cox and Qwest 
do not care about customer service. When you go with either of the recommended 
ISP's, you are dealing with people who care about customer service and you are 
not going to get told misleading statements nor given a runaround when a 
technical problem arises.

Sure, you still rely on the local monopoly phone company to supply the copper 
pair, but your ISP will help get that taken care of on your behalf.

If you think living with a DSL connection with Qwest is like having one through 
Deru or FastQ, you are sadly mistaken.

> ... I've had every type of connection except fiber
> and can tell you by experience that if you REALLY need that uptime, DSL
> won't give it to you any more than cable will.
> 
> On the other hand, wireless, such as WiMax and Canopy, will since you
> bypass wires entirely and everything is in control of the ISP you're
> dealing with up to the demarc between them and the outside world (i.e.,
> their own upstream).  I'm not about to say that wireless isn't without
> problems, but it very rarely goes totally down in my experience. 

If you really want a bulletproof connection, get a dedicated T1 line (or faster).

If you want consistently high latency and high packet loss, go wireless.
-- 
KevinO