OK stupid question. Do they require getting Direct TV in order to get Direct TV DSL?
>-----Original Message----- >From: Rodent of Unusual Size [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 4:54 PM >To: Greater New Hampshire Linux Users >Subject: Re: Linux Friendly aDSL > > >"Kenneth E. Lussier" wrote: >> >> So, I set out to find a DSL provider in my area that met >> the following criteria: >> >> 1) Static IP Addresses >> 2) Good spped >> 3) Linux friendly >> 4) Aloows me to run my own services >> >> Ambitious, and a little unrealistic, I know. But, I have found one!!! >> (I think). DirectTV bought Telocity, and now has DirectTV-DSL. > >I signed up with Telocity a year ago (here in North Carolina). >The installation was a joy; it took maybe five minutes and didn't >require anyone but myself. The service has been acceptable >ever since. > >On the downside, they have occasionally suffered downtimes of >from one to thirty hours -- but not recently. Their tech support >is reasonable, once you reach a human, and their 'current status' >updates on the call director have been succinct and complete. >(Caveat emptor, though -- I haven't had to call them since DirecTV >acquired them.) The gateway has needed to be power cycled >at least once a fortnight, and sometimes more frequently (though >another user in my area suggests that ifup/ifdown on the Linux >interface may be sufficient -- I haven't had to try it), but >getting the carrier back takes maybe two minutes max. The final >downside is that I've started receiving DirecTV-specific paper >spam (like a DirecTV TV Guide) since the acquisition, even though >I don't have DirecTV proper. > >So for US$50/month, and 384Kbit up/1Mbit down, and a static >address, and people who don't hang up when they hear 'Linux', >I'd say you can't go wrong. :-) > >Of course, that's down here in Dixie; who knows what they're like >up there in Yankee-land.. ;-D >-- >#ken P-)} > >Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedweinini http://Golux.Com/coar/ >Author, developer, opinionist http://Apache-Server.Com/ > >"All right everyone! Step away from the glowing hamburger!" > >***************************************************************** >To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. >***************************************************************** > ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
