Re: Verizon DSL modem - router vs. bridge (was: Does the White Russian ...)

2007-06-19 Thread John Abreau
It's actually Earthlink DSL. On Tue, June 19, 2007 11:17 pm, Ben Scott said: On 6/19/07, John Abreau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My DSL modem has a static internal IP address, and transparently handles the external dynamic address. If it's Verizon DSL (and likely some other brands, too), you

Re: Verizon DSL

2004-10-29 Thread Travis Roy
Another reason MV is good :) No PPPoE :) You can connect your PC direct or via a broadband router, both work equally well. I recently moved and switched to Verizon DSL from Comcast cable. Verizon UPS'd me some filters a DSL modem with an ethernet and a USB connection. The modem can do PPPoE and

Re: Verizon DSL

2004-10-29 Thread Drew Van Zandt
I said I'd post this, which was mentioned at the LUG meeting Wednesday night. Here y'all go! http://oddones.org/gnhlug/meeting_goodies/10_27_2004/ Sorry I didn't get it online yesterday; I was closing on a house. :-) --Drew Van Zandt ___

Re: Verizon DSL

2004-10-29 Thread Bruce Dawson
On Fri, 2004-10-29 at 09:51, Drew Van Zandt wrote: I said I'd post this, which was mentioned at the LUG meeting Wednesday night. Here y'all go! http://oddones.org/gnhlug/meeting_goodies/10_27_2004/ Thanks. The web site now has a link to that. Sorry I didn't get it online yesterday; I was

Re: Verizon DSL

2004-10-29 Thread Drew Van Zandt
I've already moved as many boxes in the past 24 hours as the Geek model chassis is rated for - now I'm doing some nice easy programming and web stuff while I recover. --Drew ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Verizon DSL

2004-10-28 Thread Tom Buskey
I recently moved and switched to Verizon DSL from Comcast cable. Verizon UPS'd me some filters a DSL modem with an ethernet and a USB connection. The modem can do PPPoE and provides a DHCP address of 192.168.1.x to your connection so you don't need to do it on your side. I put the PPPoE

Re: Verizon DSL

2004-10-25 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Tue, 19 Oct 2004, at 5:22pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They [GWI] ARE very picky about where you are, though. They can only pull it off becouse they're hooking up to their own equipment, which means they arent simply reselling Verizon.. [momentary delurk] I've heard rumor that CLECs who

Re: Verizon DSL

2004-10-25 Thread Kevin D. Clark
Benjamin Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've heard rumor that CLECs who are leasing copper pair from ILECs like Verizon are going to be squeezed out of the market because the FCC/PUC/etc is changing the rules to no longer require ILECs to offer fair access to their infrastructure.

RE: Verizon DSL

2004-10-21 Thread Sharpe, Richard
I just wish I could get DSL and I don't care who it is from. Rich -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas Charron Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 5:23 PM To: Travis Roy Cc: Fred; gnhlug-discuss Subject: Re: Verizon DSL Aye, they have

Re: Verizon DSL

2004-10-19 Thread Fred
On Sun, 2004-10-17 at 17:06, K. Hergenrother wrote: ^^ I'm currently using att.net for my ISP over dialup through Comcast digital phone service. To keep the story short, it looks like the least expensive high speed service I can get is to

Re: Verizon DSL

2004-10-19 Thread Fred
On Mon, 2004-10-18 at 17:52, Dan Jenkins wrote: Travis Roy wrote: I'm voting for Nader, so I could care less :) I'd vote for Thomas Jefferson or Abraham Lincoln (respectively, first Democrat President and first Republican). I'm less happy with the current crop. In any event, this has

Re: Verizon DSL

2004-10-19 Thread Kevin D. Clark
Fred [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sorry, couldn't resist... sarcasm Thanks for continuing to discuss this inappropiate for this list topic. Excellent judgement there. I myself am a better person for hearing you extoll your political viewpoints on this Linux list. /sarcasm --kevin -- GnuPG ID:

Re: Verizon DSL

2004-10-19 Thread Travis Roy
On my Comcast Cablemodem I am getting 3200 downlink speed, double T1 rates. I would strongly suggest going cablemodem unless you don't mind slow connections to the Internet. :-) Verizon is slowly starting to roll out 3meg service, I'm already on MV's upgrade list. I'm only 700ft from the CO so I

Re: Verizon DSL

2004-10-19 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Oct 19, 2004, at 10:27, Fred wrote: There are alternatives for DSL providers, such as Conversant -- unfortunately, not all of them service the residential customers. Conversant itself will only service businesses the last time I checked. So shop around. If I could get residential DSL I'd get

Re: Verizon DSL

2004-10-19 Thread Drew Van Zandt
I have Speakeasy. They're great, and the sales guy actually sounded RELIEVED when I said I ran Linux. They're pricey, though... do check out the Speakeasy offers through Slashdot (Slashdot Broadband) though - 8 static IP's. Generally available in Merrimack and Nashua, at least near the CO's.

Re: Verizon DSL

2004-10-19 Thread K. Hergenrother
Thanks for all the advice and political comments. I did not expect such a long thread. I am not going with Comcast cable because I have issues with them with their TV service. If I did not live in a forest, I would use satellite TV. It also would cost about $15/mo. more than DSL. It

Re: Verizon DSL

2004-10-19 Thread Thomas Charron
I always would like to point out GWI internet. At least in Nashua, and I believe Manchester, they are offering DSL at up to *8* meg in, 1 meg out, for like 49 a month residential, 160 buisness. On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 11:21:33 -0400, Travis Roy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Verizon is slowly starting

Re: Verizon DSL

2004-10-19 Thread Travis Roy
8 meg! that's crazy.. I do know that MV doesn't care how many computers you have connected, but GWI seems to limit you to two mac addresses. I'm atually sending them an email now.. 8meg service! DAMN I always would like to point out GWI internet. At least in Nashua, and I believe Manchester,

Re: Verizon DSL

2004-10-19 Thread Thomas Charron
Aye, they have additional charges for additional puters. But that doesnt mean you cant have several others BEHIND a NAT, which is the case of most of us.. They ARE very picky about where you are, though. They can only pull it off becouse they're hooking up to their own equipment, which

Re: Re: Verizon DSL

2004-10-18 Thread paul.cour1
From: Randy Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2004/10/17 Sun PM 10:06:35 EDT Has anyone any experience with Verizon DSL? Overall, I'm very happy with it. I get great speed . So would you quote the speed that you get, please? thanks paulc

Re: Verizon DSL

2004-10-18 Thread Travis Roy
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Randy Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2004/10/17 Sun PM 10:06:35 EDT Has anyone any experience with Verizon DSL? Overall, I'm very happy with it. I get great speed . So would you quote the speed that you get, please? Somebody elses speed isn't going to help you

Re: Verizon DSL

2004-10-18 Thread Travis Roy
Someone really should do a human interest story on MV at some point. Even though (boo! hiss! Well, no...) they use BSD, they really are an interesting success story. I've used them on and off since I moved to NH going on 13 years ago, now, and they've always been there. [For several

Re: Verizon DSL

2004-10-18 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Christopher Schmidt wrote: Speaking in favor of MV: They've done really well by us. Jess has been a customer of theirs since she was 13 and got tired of the AOL her parents bought for her, and they've been wonderful about providing everything we could ask for - static IP, multiple IPs, great

Re: Verizon DSL

2004-10-18 Thread Dan Jenkins
Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: Someone really should do a human interest story on MV at some point. Even though (boo! hiss! Well, no...) they use BSD, they really are an interesting success story. I've used them on and off since I moved to NH going on 13 years ago, now, and they've always been

Re: Verizon DSL

2004-10-18 Thread Michael ODonnell
MV's site is up now for me, but I've been experiencing DNS problems at several clients this morning. This may have nothing to do with MV, because it is affecting some non-MV clients of mine too. My employer's IT staff sent out a msg saying that Level3 had announced a major North American

Re: Verizon DSL (Level3 routing issues)

2004-10-18 Thread Travis Roy
MV's site is up now for me, but I've been experiencing DNS problems at several clients this morning. This may have nothing to do with MV, because it is affecting some non-MV clients of mine too. In any event... Level3 has been having all kinds of issues since last night. --- Level3 states that

Re: Verizon DSL (Level3)

2004-10-18 Thread Travis Roy
My employer's IT staff sent out a msg saying that Level3 had announced a major North American outage after we'd been suffering DNS troubles all morning. Of course, the Level3 site carefully reveals nothing about outages, past or present... They would need more space then archive.org to list all

Re: Verizon DSL

2004-10-18 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Oct 18, 2004, at 12:22, Michael ODonnell wrote: Level3 had announced a major North American outage after we'd been suffering DNS troubles all morning. Of course, the Level3 site carefully reveals nothing about outages, past or present... Looks like it's still ongoing - a backbone impairment.

Re: Verizon DSL

2004-10-18 Thread Cole Tuininga
On Mon, 2004-10-18 at 14:00, Bill McGonigle wrote: Looks like it's still ongoing - a backbone impairment. [insert ob. democrats joke here] I thought we had already established that we should leave political commentaries off this list? -- Now I need a pint and a half hour of bzflag. -Eric on

RE: Verizon DSL

2004-10-18 Thread Brian
We did. All the liberals kept getting mad at being picked on... duck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cole Tuininga Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 3:53 PM To: GNHLUG List Subject: Re: Verizon DSL On Mon, 2004-10-18 at 14:00, Bill

Re: Verizon DSL

2004-10-18 Thread Travis Roy
Cole Tuininga wrote: On Mon, 2004-10-18 at 14:00, Bill McGonigle wrote: Looks like it's still ongoing - a backbone impairment. [insert ob. democrats joke here] I thought we had already established that we should leave political commentaries off this list? I thought people on this list could

Re: Verizon DSL

2004-10-18 Thread Cole Tuininga
On Mon, 2004-10-18 at 16:52, Travis Roy wrote: I thought people on this list could have a sense of humor. My general view is that they do have a sense of humor. However, with something that's such a polarizing issue, and in particular one that not only is completely unrelated to the purpose of

Re: Verizon DSL

2004-10-18 Thread Travis Roy
I'm voting for Nader, so I could care less :) On Mon, 2004-10-18 at 16:52, Travis Roy wrote: I thought people on this list could have a sense of humor. My general view is that they do have a sense of humor. However, with something that's such a polarizing issue, and in particular one that not

Re: Verizon DSL

2004-10-18 Thread Dan Jenkins
Travis Roy wrote: I'm voting for Nader, so I could care less :) I'd vote for Thomas Jefferson or Abraham Lincoln (respectively, first Democrat President and first Republican). I'm less happy with the current crop. In any event, this has *nothing* to do with Linux or computers. So... last post!

Re: Verizon DSL

2004-10-17 Thread Dan Jenkins
K. Hergenrother wrote: I'm currently using att.net for my ISP over dialup through Comcast digital phone service. To keep the story short, it looks like the least expensive high speed service I can get is to switch to a Verizon bundle of local, long distance, and DSL. Reading their literature

Re: Verizon DSL

2004-10-17 Thread Randy Edwards
Has anyone any experience with Verizon DSL? I use it with Debian as my gateway and firewall (Woody, the current stable release). Overall, I'm very happy with it. I get great speed (not many people using it in my town) and have had no hassles with Verizon. Verizon's setup software

Re: Verizon DSL

2004-10-17 Thread Travis Roy
I'm currently using att.net for my ISP over dialup through Comcast digital phone service. To keep the story short, it looks like the least expensive high speed service I can get is to switch to a Verizon bundle of local, long distance, and DSL. Reading their literature they look like a

RE: Verizon DSL and static IP address (was: Speakeasy DSL)

2004-09-09 Thread Brian
And the NE network is setup in this abysmal bridged/routed mode which allows infected machines to essentially DDoS their entire DSL network. -Original Message- Note that their sales/support/customer-service is still absolutely horrible. Indeed, simply finding a salesdroid that knows