[PLUG] ISP/Static IP for SOHOs

[Ronald Chmara]

On May 23, 2006, at 4:13 PM, Robert McIntosh wrote:
> Hi,
> I'd like to hear from some PLUGers about ISPs that provide leased 
> static IPs
> for small home businesses.  Please provide rough price/month, service
> quality (customer and uptime), and any other comments.

You've already seen their prices, but just to chime in:

SpiritOne/Aracnet(same company now) rocks. \\m// (sorry, the emoticon 
fits, cliched metal fingers and all)

Why do they rock?

1. Local presence. As in "drive into their office park location near 
the sunset highway Zoo exit" presence.
2. Ubuntu disk packs in the "lobby".
3. "Promise to pay"... I've bonked on my payments, called them up, and 
got an active internet connection in *seconds,* provided that I 
promised I would drop by the next day with cash/check etc.
4. They take cash.
5. They have a really hot, cute, gothie techie(?) girl. Cute enough to 
make me not upset about paying late, as I sometimes  see her head for a 
smoke break while I'm paying. (Okay, not relevant *at all*, but 
*damn*..)
6. Zero downtime (besides bonking, see item 3) for my user connections 
in one year. This is nice, as in Atlanta, I saw as much as 45-200 
minutes per *month* with a local ISP there.
7. The "geeks" (in the worship sense, not the derogatory sense) are 
both clueful, and honest. When they don't know what you mean by "could 
the DSLAM connection be unplugged", they do not ask you to do something 
silly like "use the Windows network wizard". Instead, they pass around 
their knowledge, and *personally* verify the circuit, ATM connection, 
etc.
8. They have VMS servers on their internal network. This means they 
have *serious* greybeards (in the worship sense, not the derogatory 
sense) around, even if they're in their 20's.


-Bop
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4245 NE Alberta Ct.
Portland, OR 97218
503-282-1370