Re: [PLUG] DSL Provider Recommendations Sought

2011-02-13 Thread Russell Senior
> "Larry" == Larry T writes: Larry> At our office (50th & Division) we were on the outer end of Larry> copper reach from the Belmont switch. We recently switched to Larry> comcast business and our DSL on that is very good. DSL != comcast. DSL usually refers to a specific family of techno

Re: [PLUG] DSL Provider Recommendations Sought

2011-02-12 Thread Larry T
At our office (50th & Division) we were on the outer end of copper reach from the Belmont switch. We recently switched to comcast business and our DSL on that is very good.At home (Near Univ of PDX) I had comcast and switched to CLEAR.They have improved the signal strength and stability gr

Re: [PLUG] DSL Provider Recommendations Sought

2011-02-12 Thread Richard C. Steffens
On 02/11/2011 11:37 PM, Victor Soich wrote: > On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 11:52 AM, Richard C. Steffens > wrote: > >> Ditto. I don't know if Qwest has made DSL possible out my way, > How do I figure out if DSL is available in my area? You can contact SpiritOne via the following page: http://www.spi

Re: [PLUG] DSL Provider Recommendations Sought

2011-02-12 Thread Russell Senior
> "Victor" == Victor Soich writes: >> Ditto. I don't know if Qwest has made DSL possible out my way, Victor> How do I figure out if DSL is available in my area? I live in Victor> S.E. Portland, i.e. 4420 S.E. Nehalem. Every now and then Victor> over the last many years, I try to figure ou

Re: [PLUG] DSL Provider Recommendations Sought

2011-02-11 Thread Victor Soich
On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 11:52 AM, Richard C. Steffens wrote: > Ditto. I don't know if Qwest has made DSL possible out my way, How do I figure out if DSL is available in my area? I live in S.E. Portland, i.e. 4420 S.E. Nehalem. Every now and then over the last many years, I try to figure out if

Re: [PLUG] DSL Provider Recommendations Sought

2011-02-11 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 11 Feb 2011, Russell Senior wrote: > Qwest is about to get renamed too, having been purchased (not sure the > sale has closed compleetly) to CenturyTel, based in Louisiana I think. Hmm-m-m. Is Bernie Ebbers out of jail and back in business with a renamed WorldCom? Rich ___

Re: [PLUG] DSL Provider Recommendations Sought

2011-02-11 Thread Russell Senior
> "Rich" == Rich Shepard writes: Russell> All DSL is going over Qwest copper. Rich>Out here, in the wilds of Troudale, we have Frontier Rich> Communications (nee Verizon). No qwest to be seen. I suppose Rich> that Portland is different. He did say he was in downtown/pearl, so the ILEC t

Re: [PLUG] DSL Provider Recommendations Sought

2011-02-11 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 11 Feb 2011, Russell Senior wrote: > All DSL is going over Qwest copper. Out here, in the wilds of Troudale, we have Frontier Communications (nee Verizon). No qwest to be seen. I suppose that Portland is different. Rich ___ PLUG mailing list

Re: [PLUG] DSL Provider Recommendations Sought

2011-02-11 Thread Russell Senior
> "JM" == JM writes: JM> Finally fed up with Speakeasy, which used to be fine, pre-merger JM> with Megapath. Now I'm looking for solid DSL, with a couple fixed JM> IP addresses from someone (local or otherwise) that serves the JM> Downtown/Pearl area. JM> Recommendations? The answer is goi

Re: [PLUG] DSL Provider Recommendations Sought

2011-02-11 Thread Richard C. Steffens
On 02/11/2011 10:30 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Fri, 11 Feb 2011, JM wrote: > >> Recommendations? > This always elicits a slew of happy responders. I've been with > Aracnet/SpiritOne for more than a dozen years and am totally satisfied with > their services. Their techs speak fluent linux and

Re: [PLUG] DSL Provider Recommendations Sought

2011-02-11 Thread Michael
Rich Shepard wrote: > On Fri, 11 Feb 2011, JM wrote > This always elicits a slew of happy responders. I've been with > Aracnet/SpiritOne for more than a dozen years and am totally satisfied with > their services. Their techs speak fluent linux and their main SysAdmin is > outstanding. My req

Re: [PLUG] DSL Provider Recommendations Sought

2011-02-11 Thread Michael
JM wrote: > Finally fed up with Speakeasy, which used to be fine, pre-merger with > Megapath. Now I'm looking for solid DSL, with a couple fixed IP addresses > from someone (local or otherwise) that serves the Downtown/Pearl area. > > Recommendations? I was about to switch to Speakeasy.  What

Re: [PLUG] DSL Provider Recommendations Sought

2011-02-11 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 11 Feb 2011, JM wrote: > Recommendations? This always elicits a slew of happy responders. I've been with Aracnet/SpiritOne for more than a dozen years and am totally satisfied with their services. Their techs speak fluent linux and their main SysAdmin is outstanding. There are othe

[PLUG] DSL Provider Recommendations Sought

2011-02-11 Thread JM
Finally fed up with Speakeasy, which used to be fine, pre-merger with Megapath. Now I'm looking for solid DSL, with a couple fixed IP addresses from someone (local or otherwise) that serves the Downtown/Pearl area. Recommendations? (Not Linux-specific, I know, but I trust the opinions here...)