Linux Friendly ISP

You handled the chimp all wrong. Here's how it should have gone:

Me: Your network just died.
Chimp: Did you try restarting Windows?
Me: I can traceroute off my LAN. And I'm running
    Linux.
Chimp: OK, shut down all your programs and
       restart Windows.
Me: [types: aplay /tmp/windows_sd.wav]  OK.
Chimp: Now start up your computer.
Me: [types: aplay /tmp/windows_su.wav]  OK.
Chimp: Now go to our speed test site.
Me: OK.
Chimp: What does it say?
Me: It says "The web site cannot be found"
:
;
:
You get the idea.  Been there, done that.

My favorite was when their primary and secondary DNS died. I called
them an told them about it. The chimp took the message and promised
someone would get back to me. Sure enough, this kind old lady called me
up to tell me that if the first name server failed, it would roll over
to the second. I explained that that one had failed, too. She said she
would get back to me. She didn't. I set up my own DNS and forwarded to
Qwest's dialup nameservers (not the VDSL nameservers). A week later, I
checked their VDSL name servers - they were still dead.

As bad as Qwest is, I found one company worse - BellSouth.

George





Robert Bushman wrote:
>
> http://www.qwest.net/nav4/solutions/pwr_tools/static_ip/product_info/staticip.html
>
> That said, I'm going to switch to Deru or FastQ
> sometime soon (unless UnityWave does DSL?) QWest
> prices are fscked. I'm paying $200 total for
> 5 usable static IPs, OfficeWorks, and 640/192
> (I'm pretty far from the CO, that's all I can
> get). And, of course, their tech support people
> are chimps:
>

> Me: Your network just died.
> Chimp: Did you try restarting Windows?
> Me: I can traceroute off my LAN. And I'm running
>     Linux.
> Chimp: OK, shut down all your programs and
>        restart Windows.
> Me: I'm running Linux.
> Chimp: Yeah, you're going to have to shut
>        down that program, and restart Windows.
> Me: OK, thanks. <click>

>
> On Thu, 18 Jul 2002, robert jorgenson wrote:
>
> > You can go straight through qwest, although you wont be able to get a
> > statip IP, if you want one you have to go through a third party like
> > fastq(at least as far as i know if anyone knows how to get a static ip
> > from qwest pleae let me know) I have thier 1MB vdsl connection which
> > is about 100 dollars a month for net and cable tv. actual speeds i get
> > are about 6-900 down and ive gotten as high as 1200 up, go figure :P
> >
> > On Thu, 18 Jul 2002 15:04:13 -0700
> > "Don Calfa" <tvat3000@netscape.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Am I to understand that DSL is about $100 out here? Judging from the
> > > FastQ website, 640k is $39.95 plus $66.00 a month!?!
> > >
> > > Imre Kertesz wrote:
> > >
> > > >I use FASTQ www.fastq.com
> > > >
> > > >The DSL is provided by QWest, but FASTQ is the third-party provider. I got 8 static IP addresses (5 usable) that I can use with Linux gateways -
> > > >I have not had a problem yet (except for acts of God, which you can't argue with).
> > > >
> > > >-I
> > > >
> > > >Larry Lauer wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >>Anybody know of a linux friendly ISP in the area. I am losing my broadband and need to be able to connect without too much hassel. Thanks.
> > > >>
> > > >>Larry
> > > >>________________________________________________
> > > >>See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail.
> > > >>
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> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >--
> > > >
> > > >-· · ···- · ·-· ·--· · - ·- -··· ··- ·-· -· ·· -· --· -·· --- --·
> > > >"If you sit quietly at the edge of a river, eventually
> > > >you will see the bodies of your enemies float by"
> > > >-A maxim of patience, author unknown
> > > >
> > > >Imre Kertesz
> > > >480.363.1492
> > > >PGP ID: 0x1C1E5054
> > > >
> > > >
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