which product from speakeasy did you get? last i knew they didnt offer all there products here.
On Mon, 2004-12-13 at 09:43 -0800, Russ Johnson wrote: > I recently moved, and Verizon (my telephone provider in Beaverton) > installed a phone line on a digital loop... > > You got it. No DSL on a digital loop... > > So, after 5 years with the same DSL ISP, I was forced to look at my > alternatives. > > Verizon would not, under any circumstances, re-engineer my line so I > could get DSL, even if I were to order their DSL product. They basically > said that I was out of luck... > > The worst part of this is that I'm only 5000 feet from the CO!!!! > > So as I'm exploring my options, I looked at cable. > > Pluses: > * Fast downloads. > * Always on. > > Minuses: > * No servers > * No choice of ISP > * Restrictive UA. > > I host my own servers. Dimstar.net has been at my house for it's entire > existance. I like having the servers at home. > > So I kept looking. I found speakeasy. They have the phone company > install a second loop, put dsl on it, and then you get DSL without > having to have a phone line from your phone company. This is called > their "One-Link" service. I have 6 mbit down, 768 kbit up. > > Bonus. I recently got Vonage VoIP phone service. I had my number ported > from Verizon to Vonage. So, now, my local phone company isn't getting > anything from me, as I cancelled my POTS line. Speakeasy has been really > stable. So my phone service has been really stable too. Vonage is $24.99 > a month, unlimited local and long distance to US and Canada. No long > distance charges. Plus... ALL the bells and whistles that you pay for > with Verizon or Qwest. > > I've been really happy with both Speakeasy and Vonage. No more Verizon > and I don't have to use Cable for my ISP. > > SO if you want to look at an alternative, look at www.speakeasy.net. If > you choose to get service, please let me know. If you tell them I sent > you, I get a credit on my account. > > The same works for Vonage, but I have to actually refer you from my > account to get the credit. The only problem I see with vonage for the > 541 area code is that they don't have any 541 phone numbers. Vonage is > at www.vonage.com. It works on any broadband connection. > > Russ > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
