Hi David,

Ever consider setting up your own caching DNS?  You get really fast
response times that way.  I did that after Qwest's primary and secondary
DNS's failed, and were down for a couple days.


George


"David P. Schwartz" wrote:
> 
> I had Qwest DSL for a while.  Last December, rather than getting sucked into
> the Borg ... uh, MSN black-hole, I opted to switch ISPs to GetNet/InfiCad.
> Things were a little bumpy at take-off because they were deluged with people
> switching over from Qwest.  But since mid-Feb or so, I've had zero problems
> with the basic service.  Qwest still provides the wiring, but it's routed
> through GetNet.
> 
> I've got 2 static IPs (they don't offer dynamic IPs), and I'm paying somewhere
> around $50/mo -- GetNet bills me $17 and Qwest bills me $29 or so.  This is
> for a basic 640d/256u DSL line.
> 
> I've also got a SOHOWare NGP-800 4-port firewall/router/switch that does
> NATting so I can hook up any number of machines to my local network.  (With
> the way they handle static IPs, the Cisco 657 won't run its DHCP server, so
> another device is needed.  Perhaps newer model modems fix this limitation.)
> 
> There is one annoyance with the DSL service -- the GetNet nameserver response
> times are incredibly slow.  I used the @Home nameservers until they started
> timing out, and now I use the Qwest ones.  (I'm not proud; if I get a decent
> response time, then I'll use 'em!)  I still experience time-outs every few
> days, which seems rather high, but I figure it's got more to do with Qwest
> than anything else.  (The problem has become noticeably worse over the past
> 2-3 weeks.)
> 
> -David Schwartz
> 
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