On Nov 28, 2007 12:15 PM, Micah DesJardins wrote: > Thanks for the recommendations. Anyone have any experience with > Speakeasy? They will apparently drop a dedicated line for > approximately $55 a month. I have just had horrible luck with DSL > piggybacked off the existing phone lines and would rather not repeat > that experience. My experience is in Atlanta, but... I have naked DSL (er, OneLink DSL - the non-line-share kind) with Speakeasy. Speakeasy has been very reliable - one significant outage due to a NAP-hosted router going belly-up, but these things happen. Their customer service has been excellent. Specific anecdotes: - During troubleshooting, a staffer was able to walk through changing an IP address on Linux (sudo /sbin/ifconfig eth0 xx.xx.xx.xx). I think most of their techies are linux-savvy. - After a lightning strike, they helpfully suggested I could get a new modem free for another 1-year signup. I took them up on it instantly. They block nothing. Their TOS are extremely reasonable and 100% home-server-friendly - run mail, SSH, web, and any other servers you like. You can resell their bandwidth over WiFi and have them handle the billing - all with a home subscription. They include a good NNTP subscription in your service. They were recently acquired by Best Buy, but I have seen 0 changes in their operations in the ensuing months. Your/Others' MMV. -Alex --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss