RE: PDX Connectivity Options?

Except in my neighborhood where I can't get DSL :(

On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 16:04, Devon Holcombe wrote:
> Qwest offers 1.5/896 now for less than $50 a month. Qwest users also have
> the option of not having phone service from what I understand. Verizon (what
> I'm stuck with) requires phone service and has 1.5/128 for 34.95 a month or
> 29.95 a month bundled. This speed is supposed to go to 1.5/384 for the same
> 29.95/34.95 price in about oh 4 days at which point I am going to call them
> up and say hey increase my upload thanks. Also later this year Verizon is
> supposed to roll out 3.0/768, but at a higher price which is supposed to be
> about the same as comcasts basic price.
> 
> Devon Holcombe
> 
> > ----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected] 
> > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Russell Senior
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 12:31 PM
> > To: PDXLUG, a Portland Linux user group
> > Subject: Re: [PDXLUG] PDX Connectivity Options?
> > 
> > >>>>> "Robby" == Robby Russell <[email protected]> writes:
> > 
> > Robby> That's always been my reason for not going with DSL. Didn't
> > Robby> want a phone also. I'd be interested in price/speed comparisons
> > Robby> if that wasn't the case now.
> > 
> > My understanding is that upstream (in Qwest-land) has improved
> > recently and can now be substantially better than with Comcast at the
> > low end.  Downstream has also improved recently (1.5Mbps?) with DSL,
> > and is still probably not quite as good as Comcast.  
> > 
> > I have had both for about three years.  Recently, I have had numerous
> > cable outages and no DSL outages.  I am probably about to finally
> > ditch the Comcast, but haven't quite gotten around to it yet.  Having
> > both does provide a certain robustness, but it isn't cheap.
> > 
> > Another option is Speakeasy.  My understanding is that they use a
> > non-Qwest (Covad??) carrier and you never talk to the phone company at
> > all.  
> > 
> > Another thing to consider is whether you want to share service via
> > wifi (ala personaltelco.net).  On Comcast this is verboten, but
> > numerous DSL services are fine with it, including aracnet, speakeasy,
> > etc.
> > 
> > -- 
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