Not sure if it's available but I have a VDSL connection from Qwest 
(along with television and two telephone lines). I opted for the faster 
network connection and I get a full 1 megabit both ways. (I test it every now 
and then and, so far, they've been good at delivering the bandwidth.) The 
service comes in on the traditional four-wire telephone connection to a "box" 
stashed in a corner. From there, the network connection runs to a firewall 
(LinkSys) on the net connection and the family and work systems are behind 
that. Also coming out of the box is a single piece of RG-58 coax that runs to 
all the TVs. Sets are tuned to channel 6, 7 or 13 and each set has its own 
remote control for tuning.
     Note that Qwest says they block ports to prevent home-based web servers 
for customers using this service. A service upgrade to avoid the port 
blocking is *NOT* available. (I asked.)
      We pay about $130 per month: $40 telephone, $40 television and $50 
high-speed Internet. Reliability has been very good but I probably wouldn't 
notice downtime in the wee hours.



On Friday 11 October 2002 05:51 am, you wrote:
> Cox business is a pretty good way to go - I think for decent speed it's
> $139 a month.
>
> Craig
>
> On Thu, 2002-10-10 at 22:11, Ray Van Dolson wrote:
> > Thanks for all the replies... I'm now considering another apartment
> > complex within Deru.net's range--that or I'll maybe go with a Business
> > Cox account if it's not too much more.
> >
> > Anyone recommend any nice, quiet apt complexes near a Deru CO? :P
> >
> > On 10 Oct 2002, Craig White wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2002-10-10 at 13:15, Ray Van Dolson wrote:
> > > > Hi all, I'm moving to the Scottsdale area (from California) in the
> > > > next couple weeks.  I'm wondering what all of you recommend as far as
> > > > broadband access goes.  I have a couple Linux/BSD boxes so I'm hoping
> > > > to have a geek-friendly ISP that doesn't block any ports (I hear Cox
> > > > does).  I'm looking at the Sonoran Vista apartments on East Redfield
> > > > Road. SpeakEasy's (DSL) webpage tells me they're about 20k from the
> > > > CO which isn't too good :)
> > > >
> > > > Anyways, just wanted to see if someone could give me a little
> > > > feedback on either ISP's or decent apartment complexes within
> > > > SpeakEasy (or comperable ISP)'s range.
> > >
> > > -----
> > > I think that you are meat!
> > >
> > > North Scottsdale is dismal for DSL coverage and Cox blocks ports 25 &
> > > 80
> > >
> > > RNI has a tower near runway at Airpark for RF DSL but the effective
> > > radius isn't much more than 2 or 3 miles. You might want to try
> > > sattelite co's.
> > >
> > > Craig
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