Are there any alternatives to Qwest for land-line telephone and DSL service?
Qwest has just raised their rates and I think some of the charges are
unreasonable, particularly for voice mail and the portion of the DSL
service that goes to M$ (which is the most irritating since I don't use M
If you have a cell phone, consider dropping the land line phone
service entirely. I have Qwest DSL, with no phone service.
If you think you need a phone line for fax, reconsider your faxing
needs. Try life without fax. When you need to send a fax, there are
services that will likely cost
Are there any alternatives to Qwest for land-line telephone and DSL service?
I'm using Cox for internet. On top of that I use SkypeIn/SkypeOut for
my phone service which runs $60 a year total. To keep it simple, I
only give out my Google Voice number. I use efax.com for faxes. Near
the end
j...@actionline.com wrote:
Are there any alternatives to Qwest for land-line telephone and DSL
service?
Qwest has just raised their rates and I think some of the charges are
unreasonable, particularly for voice mail and the portion of the DSL
service that goes to M$ (which is the most
.
Peter
j...@actionline.com mailto:j...@actionline.com wrote:
Are there any alternatives to Qwest for land-line telephone
and DSL service?
Qwest has just raised their rates and I think some of the
charges are
unreasonable, particularly for voice mail
faxzero.com
What fax service does he use? I've searched for a fax service like that,
but have never found one.
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I use a combination of Google voice and my cell, i do have a landline
as well so i can avoid the cost of a teenager with a cellphone
and i use my land-line via Cox, and for the price its very cheap.
There are also a number of voice mail services and similar packages.
they can take several lines
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Technomage technomage.ha...@gmail.comwrote:
she might also consider cox
biz services. they tend to be reliable and stable (according to
DSLreports).
Yeah that's what she wanted at first (Cox), but they told her that the
building was not wired and she would
Thats why it was only 12k to have it done.
if further would have been more.
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Charles Jones
charles.jo...@ciscolearning.org wrote:
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Technomage technomage.ha...@gmail.com
wrote:
she might also consider cox
biz services. they tend
I have Cox residential service, and my fiancee uses Qwest DSL at her
business. I have never had any real issue from my Cox connection, but her
DSL is terrible in various ways.
* Modem always starts out at full provisioned rate and throughout the day
gets slower and slower (according to the web
irritating to have my connection reset multiple times a
day.
Thanks for your feedback!
Keith Smith
--- On Mon, 2/15/10, Charles Jones charles.jo...@ciscolearning.org wrote:
From: Charles Jones charles.jo...@ciscolearning.org
Subject: Re: Lookin at Qwest DSL Service
I haven't seen a Cisco DSL modem in the field for several years. I was
told that they were replacing them with ActionTec (1500?) units at the
time, which I'm guessing was maybe 5 years ago.
I wouldn't stand for that level of service. There's a good chance that
Ken's right. I'd stay
Technomage wrote:
Charles Jones wrote:
I have Cox residential service, and my fiancee uses Qwest DSL at her
business. I have never had any real issue from my Cox connection, but her
DSL is terrible in various ways.
* Modem always starts out at full provisioned rate and throughout the day
I have had Qwest DSL for almost ten years and have had excellent service
and little down-time.
DSL gives you low latency and a dedicated connection... if you have
7Mbps service, it's not shared with the kid down the street and his
torrent server
Thanks!! That is a vote of confidence!!
Keith Smith
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Subject: Re: Lookin at Qwest DSL Service
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how much longer it will take after that. I was told they are
putting a rush on this project.
I work out of my house and would like to find an additional solution. I like
Cox. I've had cox service for maybe 6 years now. I had been with Qwest and
had DSL for a while. Liked them also.
I'm
it will take after that. I was told
they are putting a rush on this project.
I work out of my house and would like to find an additional solution. I like
Cox. I've had cox service for maybe 6 years now. I had been with Qwest and
had DSL for a while. Liked them also.
I'm thinking
the permit
to do so. It is unclear how much longer it will take after that. I was told
they are putting a rush on this project.
I work out of my house and would like to find an additional solution. I like
Cox. I've had cox service for maybe 6 years now. I had been with Qwest and
had DSL
a rush on this project.
I work out of my house and would like to find an additional solution. I
like Cox. I've had cox service for maybe 6 years now. I had been with
Qwest and had DSL for a while. Liked them also.
I'm thinking that maybe I'll try qwest or look at that as a backup plan.
I'm
can share the connection.
Keith Smith
--- On Thu, 2/11/10, Shawn Badger badger.sh...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Shawn Badger badger.sh...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Lookin at Qwest DSL Service
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Date: Thursday
On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 06:25:37AM -0700, Chris Gehlker wrote:
Here's what I don't understand. If the site is capable of serving
files at 700 kbps, why wasn't I always getting them at that rate?
Surely, I thought, 80 kbps fits int 1.3 mbps with so much headroom
that I won't see any
On Oct 15, 2009, at 6:08 PM, Bill Jonas wrote:
On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 06:25:37AM -0700, Chris Gehlker wrote:
Here's what I don't understand. If the site is capable of serving
files at 700 kbps, why wasn't I always getting them at that rate?
Surely, I thought, 80 kbps fits int 1.3 mbps with
Recently I upgraded my DSL service from a nominal 1.5 mbps to a
nominal 7 mbps. Internet speed test sites mostly agree that my actual
speed went from about 1.3 mbps to about 6 mbps. This conformed to my
expectations.
Something happened that I didn't expect at all and I'm at a loss
I have a guy who wants me to rerun his DSL lines (his neighbor is putting in
a pool and it got cut. WHat is the deal with DSL; does it run on the bumble
bee pair (black and yellow)? Is there a secret or something special about
it? Does it just run on a differant frequency on the christmas tree
://www.twingeckos.com
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- May you live every day of your life.
On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 3:06 PM, mike havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote:
I have a guy who wants me to rerun his DSL lines (his neighbor is putting
in a pool and it got cut
/authors/j/jonathan_swift.html - May
you live every day of your life.
On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 3:06 PM, mike havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote:
I have a guy who wants me to rerun his DSL lines (his neighbor is putting
in a pool and it got cut. WHat is the deal with DSL; does it run on the
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Subject: Re: anyone else using Qwest/2-wire DSL service?
I remember that I went through a DSL modem every year due to bad lines in my
area.
I had a static IP and it would just drop connection randomly when the modem
was going bad. If I had a non-static IP it would
I got rid or Qwest a year ago for exactly that reason.
They'd fix my phone lines then DSL would break then they'd fix DSL and mess
up the phone line. Sometimes they'd fix the line they came to fix but then
break my home phone line. Finally I just got tired of dealing with them and
dropped DSL
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I got rid or Qwest a year ago for exactly that reason.
They'd fix my phone lines then DSL would break
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Subject: Re: anyone else using Qwest/2-wire DSL service?
I got rid or Qwest a year ago for exactly that reason.
They'd fix my phone lines then DSL would break then they'd
If so, do you have the same crazy DHCP lease schedule that I'm
experiencing at a particular site? I don't know what the exact lease
time is, except that at least every 15 minutes I get a new IP. It is
really annoying as when I ssh into a server that is behind this link, I
have a very short
I would be curious if your relative capacity is too high or if your dropping
sync. Unfortunately with qwest you cant go in to the backend where all the
cool toys are but my gusee if you call them you will see it is a service or
sync issue.
James Finstrom
Rhino Equipment Corp.
I have actually gotten into the MDC page before and could see all the
settings, including that there are indeed periodic retrains, but maybe
once a day, not every 5-15mins like I am exeriencing. If not for ddns
daemon I wouldn't even be able to connect to the thing remotely at all.
Maybe it's
Except the load on their dhcp server would be ridiculous for poke at more money
On 2/18/09, Charles Jones charles.jo...@ciscolearning.org wrote:
I have actually gotten into the MDC page before and could see all the
settings, including that there are indeed periodic retrains, but maybe
once a
I used to have it. I think there is a 'keep alive' option in the settings
on the 2wire modem (I had an actiontec modem).
If not have the box you're sshing into ping google every minute or two (ping
-c 20 google.com) via a cron job.
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JD Austin wrote:
I used to have it. I think there is a 'keep alive' option in the
settings on the 2wire modem (I had an actiontec modem).
If not have the box you're sshing into ping google every minute or two
(ping -c 20 google.com http://google.com) via a cron job.
Sadly that wont do any good
I remember that I went through a DSL modem every year due to bad lines in my
area.
I had a static IP and it would just drop connection randomly when the modem
was going bad. If I had a non-static IP it would have done what you're
experiencing.
Your modem might be ready for replacement.
If you
Most home based routers can be easily exploited in a variety of ways.
This is a list of a great many historic security exploits:
http://attrition.org/security/advisory/
...but it's probably going to work best to just google your router version.
Even the open-wrt and dd-wrt 3rd party
Hmmm?
Looks like I have some OpenSwan Boot log information in my honeypot router
log?
Scratch head! Except HO-NOOOS! I don't believe they setup any certs for me?
Since my router manufacturer doesn't use OpenSwan, I suppose these brownie
helpers probably also broke my 1000 HT ethernet
be similar if your
installation is not working (what kind of DSL modem do you have?
http://www.4p8.com/eric.brasseur/speedbundle_fedora.html
2) Wireless Connections:
What is your wireless card/chip? Atheros?
See these links:
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=189182
http
WHich is really faster? I was told that cable is bettert since coax carries
the signal better.
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I hate being tired! What I mean to ask is which produces faster internet.
On Tuesday 22 April 2008 6:07 am, Michael Havens wrote:
WHich is really faster? I was told that cable is bettert since coax carries
the signal better.
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, Cable will always be faster from an
engineering standpoint, and the cable companies have made it clear we will see
1gbps or more in the very near future. I am sure you will hear more about why
DSL is faster ( they are opinions as well ) but you can't argue with the
physical characteristics from
will see
1gbps or more in the very near future. I am sure you will hear more about why
DSL is faster ( they are opinions as well ) but you can't argue with the
physical characteristics from one to the other. DSL is priced accordingly and
so is cable. Some complain cable has been a hassle, others
For most people, under most conditions cable will be faster than DSL.
Especially if you are comparing similar pricing. Some DSL options are
faster than average cable internet, but they are usually a bit more
expensive. My personal experience has been better with cable than DSL
but your milage my
I can't ignore this anymore, my curiosity is killing me: all of these
speeds
you refer to, AFAIK, is download. But who is the UPLOAD speed champ?
Or do any of these companies care about that?
And while we're at it, what kinds of upload speeds are you all getting
with
cable vs dsl?
Here at my
may compare and
base your decision on that. FWIW though, Cable will always be faster from
an engineering standpoint, and the cable companies have made it clear we
will see 1gbps or more in the very near future. I am sure you will hear
more about why DSL is faster ( they are opinions as well
more
than they upload, so download speed is most relevant. Also, most cable and
many DSL providers have terms in their TOS that say, You can't run servers
of type X, Y, and Z... which makes upload even less relevant.
And while we're at it, what kinds of upload speeds are you all getting
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 7:18 AM, Matt Graham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nobody cares about that. The typical home user downloads quite a bit more
than they upload, so download speed is most relevant. Also, most cable and
many DSL providers have terms in their TOS that say, You can't run
Let me preface what I'm about to say with a disclaimer: I think Cox
Communications (as a company) sucks.
That said, I've had no other option for the past 8years in my
house...and as long as I don't have to call them or rely on them for
anything other than bandwidth (no DNS, no mail etc.) then my
On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:18:40 -0700, Matt Graham
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
23K up, 67K down, DSL. I live too far from the CO for anything higher.
Cable
was never an option for me because I want to run my own mail and web
servers,
and Cox's draconian TOS prevents that.
Wow, you must
On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 6:44 PM, Craig White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tue, 2008-03-04 at 19:27 -0600, Josef Lowder wrote:
.
Recently, I have been experiencing strange dsl problems,
which I have been unable to either solve or even pin down.
My main Linux box which is ethernet
On Tue, 2008-03-04 at 19:27 -0600, Josef Lowder wrote:
.
Recently, I have been experiencing strange dsl problems,
which I have been unable to either solve or even pin down.
My main Linux box which is ethernet wire connected to my 2-wire
modem/router has had a few dropped signals
Micah DesJardins wrote:
I don't need an ISP for email, hosting or any other service other
than the connection itself. It looks like FastQ will cost me more
than the data only option from Qwest. What's the benefit that I'm
missing on going with FastQ over Qwest if they're using the same line?
If you have business DSL with Qwest you can get IP's also. Why would you want
to though.
If you are really serious about your server it should be co-located.
Dale Farnsworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Micah DesJardins wrote:
I don't need an ISP for email, hosting or any other service
Keith Smith wrote:
If you have business DSL with Qwest you can get IP's also. Why would
you want to though.
They want too much money.
If you are really serious about your server it should be co-located.
True. For me, it's a hobby, so I do it on the cheap. For about
$50/month, the family
Hello all,
It turns out the new place I'm moving to (an apartment in West Mesa)
isn't serviced by Cox so I am looking into whatever other broadband
options are available. My preferences are as follows:
1. Always on
2. No software required (OS/platform independent, I plan on throwing
my linksys
in a while and find I really like it that way.
So far, it looks like Qwest is an option but I'm interested in looking
into anything that might be either faster/cheaper/or more reliable.
FastQ is a small, Linux Friendly ISP that uses DSL over QWest's lines.
I second FastQ :) I had them
Thanks for the recommendations. Anyone have any experience with
Speakeasy? They will apparently drop a dedicated line for
approximately $55 a month. I have just had horrible luck with DSL
piggybacked off the existing phone lines and would rather not repeat
that experience
On Nov 28, 2007 12:15 PM, Micah DesJardins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks for the recommendations. Anyone have any experience with
Speakeasy? They will apparently drop a dedicated line for
approximately $55 a month. I have just had horrible luck with DSL
piggybacked off the existing phone
to a location that
did not have DSL. So I used Cox for about a year, but that's another
story. Since I was on contract with Speakesay moving would cause me
to incur their cancelation fee. I told the customer service rep that
I liked the service and would use it in the future when I moved
Micah DesJardins wrote:
I don't need an ISP for email, hosting or any other service other
than the connection itself. It looks like FastQ will cost me more
than the data only option from Qwest. What's the benefit that I'm
missing on going with FastQ over Qwest if they're using the same line?
After a long battle with technology, Micah DesJardins wrote:
I don't need an ISP for email, hosting or any other service other
than the connection itself. It looks like FastQ will cost me more
than the data only option from Qwest. What's the benefit that I'm
missing on going with FastQ over
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