Moving to Phoenix

[George Toft]

I found it to be a major nightmare.  I have 5-13% packet loss and they
will not correct it.  Everyone in my neighborhood has the same problem,
but they just think the Internet is a little slow.  I have 5 pages of
notes regarding my conversations with Qwest.  Don't get me wrong - Qwest
is NOT the worst phone company I have ever dealt with.  Theyr are #2.

George



slr wrote:
> 
> i have the qwest choice online service and i have noticed that they block
> port 21 and 80, and i confirmed that with their support people, not that
> they really know what they are talking about. but other than that the
> service has never let me down, their mail servers can be a little flakey at
> times though. but like tom said if it is available in the area you will be
> moving to, go with it.
> 
> slr
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Achtenberg" <tom@christ4me.com>
> To: "PLUG Phoenix Linux Users Group" <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 9:19 PM
> Subject: Re: Moving to Phoenix
> 
> > I should have added that with the Qwest Choice On-Line you do not need a
> > separate ISP Qwest is the isp and it all rolls into one.  The do not block
> > any ports either.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tom Achtenberg" <tom@christ4me.com>
> > To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 9:08 PM
> > Subject: Re: Moving to Phoenix
> >
> >
> > If it is available in your area go with Qwest Choice On-Line VDSL  NOTE
> this
> > is NOT the Qwest DSL.  It is Linux friendly and supports multiple
> computers.
> > Even though they officially do not give static IP addresses, the ip is
> > assigned based on the hardware address of your nic so if you do not change
> > nics the ip does not change.  No cable modem is needed either.
> >
> > As for cell phone, I use Alltel where plans with shared minutes start at
> > $29.95 for the first line and $16.95 for the additional lines.  At least
> in
> > my neighborhood, Verizon coverage is spotty.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Silhanek, Virgil" <silhanek@iastate.edu>
> > To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 9:25 AM
> > Subject: Moving to Phoenix
> >
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> > My wife and I are moving from Iowa to Phoenix in early May.  I would
> > appreciate any feedback on a few questions that I have with not being
> > familiar with the area too well.
> >
> > For internet access, we were looking at hooking up to Cox cable internet.
> I
> > know in the area I'm in now a lot of people have problems with both DSL
> and
> > Cable Modem access.  I just was wondering if there were any suggestions as
> > to which ISP is best to go with as far as being Linux friendly and not
> > blocking certain ports or that type of thing.
> >
> > We are also going to get cell phones in Phoenix.  I've tried to look at
> > providers here that also cover that area and have found so far that
> Verizon
> > seems to be the best for our needs.  We want 2 phones that are reasonably
> > inexpensive per month and have shared minutes.  Most of our calling is
> done
> > from one phone to the other so unlimited/high number of minutes between
> > phones is preferred. I guess my question is, has anyone used Verizon and
> are
> > they a good cell company to go with?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Virgil Silhanek
> > www.silhanek.com
> > virgil@silhanek.com
> >
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