This is off topic, but I am doing research, so I am asking anywhere there are some smart "in the know" people.
I am about to dump my DSL provider (I've had it with them). I am looking seriously at the Sprint Business DSL offering (not the normal "Fast Connect" service they offer, but rather a different business only service using their old ION system). Does anyone have any experience with this service? Anything good or bad to report? I would like to get the lower monthly rate by contracting for two years, but I don't want to lock into 2 years unless I am confident the service will be good. They do have a 99.9% uptime guarantee, which from what they told me is a daily credit thing, if service is out for 5 minutes in a day, I call, and get credit for the day... that gives me some comfort, but guarantees don't mean squat if it goes down for a month on me. I haven't seen the SLA for it yet, so I don't know for sure what counts as an outage, just what the rep told me over the phone. The service is rated as 8 MB down, 1 MB up max (real world based on my distance listed in the computer maps, the Sprint reps figures I will be closer to 6 MB down, 700 K up, however, knowing that I am about 12,000 feet out, and the few reviews I have found, looks like I will be around 3-4 MB down, 600 K up). That speed, plus 13 static IPs for $190 a month ($160 on service, $30 on the IPs). So a little less than I am paying now for a 384k/384k line with 32 IPs (don't need 32, I need about 9, so 13 will suit me fine). I've already searched DSLReports.com, not much on this particular service (lots on the Fast Connect, which overall appears favorable. I suspect the Business DSL may just be too new for much reviewing yet). Thanks for any insight anyone can give me. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net> ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
