OT: High speed without ISP?

[Eric "Shubes"]

Alan Dayley wrote:
> JD Austin said:
>> This page has all the links you need to clue them in:
>> http://my.qwest.net/nav4/solutions/pwr_tools/static_ip/product_info/staticip.html
> 
> Nope.  Still clueless.
> 
> I was just in a chat with them, pointed them at the page and they promptly
> tried to sell me the "Qwest Choice Deluxe" service *with* ISP instead of
> the "Qwest Choice Internet Basic" service on the page you reference.  I
> asked them where the "Qwest Choice Internet Basic" service is fully
> described and they pointed me at the Deluxe service again.  "Julie" then
> informed me that there is no service without an ISP, despite what any web
> pages say.
> 
> Sigh.  It'd be funny if it wasn't so typical and frustrating.
> 
> I found this page with Google:
> http://my.qwest.net/nav4/solutions/internet/bbb.html
> 
> I'll have to try again on the phone to get any answers out of them, I hope.
> 
> Alan
> 

Hey Alan (and others),

Did you ever get anywhere with this? I'm setting off to travel this 
(hopefully not exactly this) road.

I'm finding that I pretty much need a static IP address to run my email 
server. I have a dynamic address that dyndns.org tracks for me, but I've 
found out that cox.net and aol.com are blocking incoming email from 
servers at dynamic addresses. :( The only other option I'm aware of is 
dnsdns's webhop service, but that has a daily limit that I'm not fond of.

All I need from Qwest is the DSL. I'm looking at getnet, convergent, and 
fastq for an ISP. I'll be running my own 'services' (virtual domains: 
email, web hosting). I'll probably continue to use dyndns.org for dns 
services and domain registration.

Anyone have any guideposts/pointers?

-- 
-Eric 'shubes'