Am 17. Jul, 2015 schwätzte Stephen Partington so: moin moin Stephen, > I am curious about the difference as well. I have been running Cox services > for quite some time as us west was horrible about random new features being Random new features? ciao, der.hans > added without any consent. This likely has changed but Cox really has > provided good service until recently. I am trying to decide if I want to > move service or buy a new cable modem (would improve service as i cannot > get full speed on my current modem) > On Jul 17, 2015 12:17 AM, "der.hans" wrote: > >> moin moin, >> >> it would be a pay-per-view grudge match :). >> >> Anyway, time to reconsider ISPs. Those are the two wired options >> available. No charter in my neighborhood and I have been told by many, >> many people to be thankful of that. >> >> Anyway, my requirements are to have all ports open, static IPs and decent >> upstream bandwidth. >> >> Cox residential is out because they block ports 25 and 80. >> >> Cox business allows all ports, offers static IPs and has decent bandwidth >> in both directions. >> >> CenturyLink wants to hide all the information about its services. I did >> finally find some information including further contradictory information, >> so I'm confused about what they offer. I have little confidence in their >> sales support knowing. >> >> CenturyLink partners with m$ for services I don't care about ( hosted mail >> and web ). >> >> It looks like CenturyLink is prepping to compete with Google fiber, but >> not holding my breath for that service or the competitive response from >> the incumbants. >> >> Then again, CenturyLink's site is dedicated to bundling with little >> information for what you actually get in the bundles. >> >> Any feedback on experience with Qwest/CenturyLink? >> >> ciao, >> >> der.hans >> -- >> # http://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.PhxLinux.org/ >> # The Internet is the front line of the battle >> # to protect our freedom. -- Nathaniel Borenstein >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > -- # http://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.PhxLinux.org/ # I chose to use the kernel sources as my documentation. ;-) # -- Kevin Buettner