On Fri, 10 Nov 2000, Cole Tuininga wrote:
> Perhaps, though at least two of the folks I'm familiar with switched away
> within the past month because of continued trouble.
H. I wonder if it has something to do with service area or CO? Where
were these people (general area)?
The Vitts D
On Nov 9, Benjamin Scott claimed:
> FWIW, six months ago, we agreed with you (and we're one of their
> resellers!). But about four or five months ago, Vitts finished a major
> network upgrade. They scraped the stupid Cabletron wide area Ethernet backbone
> they were using, and replaced it with
At 08:49 PM 11/9/2000 -0500, Michael O'Donnell wrote:
> >[Vitts] guarantee 99% availability. That includes better
> >then 50 ms round trip time to their Internet access point,
> >and better then 5% packet loss. If you unplug your DSL NTD,
> >ten minutes later, your phone will ring, with a Vitt
>[Vitts] guarantee 99% availability. That includes better
>then 50 ms round trip time to their Internet access point,
>and better then 5% packet loss. If you unplug your DSL NTD,
>ten minutes later, your phone will ring, with a Vitts tech on
>the line asking if everything is okay.
>
>All their
On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Jeffry Smith wrote:
> I use mv.com, and have been very happy.
I've heard good things about them, too.
> ... starting a rollout of DSL around the state (alas, I'm 38,000 feet from
> the CO) ...
Find out if you are coming out of a SLIC (Subscriber Line Interface Card)
subs
On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Cole Tuininga wrote:
> Of the 5 or so people/companies I've know to use Vitts, every single one
> of them has switched away. Their network is unreliable at best, their
> tech support very unhelpful, their billing department is completely
> unaware of anything that is actually
Thanx for all the suggestions. It'll make my research much easier.
There was one suggestion to keep my current service, connect w/ Win then run
Linux behind that on another box...that was actually my initial plan, but my
Linux box (old 486/100) died a horrible death about a week ago. Last nigh
On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Tilly, Lawrence wrote:
> Hello, all. My wife & I anticipate building a house this spring and have
> therefore not committed to any long-term ISP situation. Instead we've just
> been using various freebie providers for Win (netzero, altavista, etc). The
> way these are set u
>I was wondering if anyone knows of a Linux-friendly freebie
>ISP (does anyone even do banner ads in X?) or even a pay
>service that's affordable (<$20), Linux knowledgeable and
>allows month-to-month (no contract).
I notice that when my friends with AOL are connected
to AOL, their computers
Benjamin Scott wrote:
>
>
>
> The company I work for is a Vitts reseller, and Vitts covers that area with
> their DSL presence. We're currently running specials -- get the 272 Kbit/sec
> DSL for the 144 Kbit/sec price. Sign a term commitment, and they wave the
> install fee. Call 1-866-NTI
On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Tilly, Lawrence wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone knows of a Linux-friendly freebie ISP ...
Most "free ISPs" avoid Linux because the Open Source nature makes it too
easy to defeat their advertising system. Also, many Linux people want quality
(look at their choice of OS, a
In a message dated: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 09:52:46 EST
"Tilly, Lawrence" said:
>even a pay service that's affordable (<$20), Linux knowledgeable and allows
>month-to-month (no contract). We currently live in Epping, so our local
>dialup includes Exeter and some eastern portions of Manchester. I may
On Thu, 09 Nov 2000, Tilly, Lawrence wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone knows
> of a Linux-friendly freebie ISP (does anyone even do banner ads in X?) or
> even a pay service that's affordable (<$20), Linux knowledgeable and allows
> month-to-month (no contract).
I assume there are many options
Hello, all. My wife & I anticipate building a house this spring and have
therefore not committed to any long-term ISP situation. Instead we've just
been using various freebie providers for Win (netzero, altavista, etc). The
way these are set up you get the free access by putting up with a persi
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