On Mon, 2 Oct 2017, Lou wrote: > Hi guys. I would like to know your opinion and experiences with ISP near > Gresham. I recently moved to zip code 97230.
Lou, How near is near? East Gresham (97080) or West Gresham (96030)? I've been happily using SpiritOne <http://www.spiritone.com> since it was Aracnet. Their office is in Beaverton, servers in downtown (west side) Portland and tech support where they live. I've an ADSL connection via Frontier Comm's copper with an ISP-provided Westell 6100F that replaced the original, ancient, modem/bridge. That connects to my NetGear VPS-18 firewall appliance/router. I run my own postfix smtpd (but because of hardware issues at spiritone and frontier must relay outbound mail through the ISP. > What is the best ISP that will let me use my own modem and router? I like > to tink and install custom firmwares like DD-WRT and LibreCMC. Go for it. > I read that if I get Fiber-optic that one does not need a modem, and the > router just have to be compatible with the ISP. Is that correct? But if > the router for FiOS dosnt let me flash custom firmware. Then I will chose > something else (e.g. cable). Well, fiber here is from Comcast/Xfinity or Frontier. Rich _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
