<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Yes, in my days of dialup i had 2 lines. one with the features we wanted, (caller ID, long distance etc) and one line that was stripped bare for just dialup access. The dialup line kept getting features added to it every time i would call for "support" or to pay my bill.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">That left a pretty lasting impression.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 11:14 AM, der.hans <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:PLUGd@lufthans.com" target="_blank">PLUGd@lufthans.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Am 17. Jul, 2015 schwätzte Stephen Partington so:<br>
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moin moin Stephen,<span class=""><br>
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I am curious about the difference as well. I have been running Cox services<br>
for quite some time as us west was horrible about random new features being<br>
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Random new features?<br>
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ciao,<br>
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der.hans<div><div class="h5"><br>
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added without any consent. This likely has changed but Cox really has<br>
provided good service until recently. I am trying to decide if I want to<br>
move service or buy a new cable modem (would improve service as i cannot<br>
get full speed on my current modem)<br>
On Jul 17, 2015 12:17 AM, "der.hans" <<a href="mailto:PLUGd@lufthans.com" target="_blank">PLUGd@lufthans.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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moin moin,<br>
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it would be a pay-per-view grudge match :).<br>
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Anyway, time to reconsider ISPs. Those are the two wired options<br>
available. No charter in my neighborhood and I have been told by many,<br>
many people to be thankful of that.<br>
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Anyway, my requirements are to have all ports open, static IPs and decent<br>
upstream bandwidth.<br>
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Cox residential is out because they block ports 25 and 80.<br>
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Cox business allows all ports, offers static IPs and has decent bandwidth<br>
in both directions.<br>
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CenturyLink wants to hide all the information about its services. I did<br>
finally find some information including further contradictory information,<br>
so I'm confused about what they offer. I have little confidence in their<br>
sales support knowing.<br>
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CenturyLink partners with m$ for services I don't care about ( hosted mail<br>
and web ).<br>
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It looks like CenturyLink is prepping to compete with Google fiber, but<br>
not holding my breath for that service or the competitive response from<br>
the incumbants.<br>
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Then again, CenturyLink's site is dedicated to bundling with little<br>
information for what you actually get in the bundles.<br>
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Any feedback on experience with Qwest/CenturyLink?<br>
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ciao,<br>
<br>
der.hans<br>
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