Hard DSL Outage, MagusNet, Inc. is down

[James Bell]

"der.hans" wrote:
> Jean try Jon Gauthier <jon@wwc.com>. He's one of the local guys reselling
> the Ricochet stuff. 256k wireless, mobile connection. You could load all
> of magusnet into your bronco and take the anon proxy on the road ;-).
> Upload is only 64 - 128 k, so that sucks, but it's still better than
> dialup. Also better than my current connection :).
I've been playing with one of the external "modems" at home since a
marketdroid sent it to my honeywell boss. I'm in Phoenix about 35th
ave and deer valley (i.e. far north, but still in recv zone).  Best
speeds I've seen are about 180k downstream and 5xK upstream.

> Startup cost is something like $300 - 500 depending on whether or not you
> get USB or PCMCIA interface. Linux has drivers for the latter as it's a
> known chipset and a ppp connection (so I've read). Recurring is $70/mo.
Most of the deals I've seen are $75 per month, and the modem costs you
either $99 for the external (usb and com cables included) or $199 for
the PCMCIA version.