Cox has much higher bandwidth, but if you want static ips and no ports blocked the cost is at least double that of Qwest service. Cox seems to have more frequent outages, but I have had problems with Qwest as well. I'm not sure if they have an nntp server. Giganews seems to be pretty popular.
Matt Graham wrote: > Recent discussion on this mailing list (as well as scuttlebutt from > cow-orkers) has made it obvious that Cox is a terrible choice as far as > ISPs go. So, how does Qwest stack up? Obviously, they use PPPoE, but > that's not a huge deal so long as all it requires is editing rp-pppoe's > config file appropriately. > > There was nothing in their FAQ about NNTP/newsgroups/Usenet, which > probably means I'll have to obtain an account with news.individual.net > or something. Can any Qwest users confirm or deny that they have or > don't have an NNTP server? Thanks, > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
