[PLUG] DSL in Portland

[Alan Olsen]

On 12 Jan 2008 14:10:36 -0800, Russell Senior <russell at personaltelco.net>
wrote:

> >>>>> "Frank" == Frank Hunt <linux at frankhunt.com> writes:
>
> Frank> [...] Seems to me that the cost was about $100/mo.  My phone
> Frank> carrier (Verizon) made me get a "business" account in order to
> Frank> get the static IP (after all, if you are not a business, why
> Frank> would you need one?)  I use dynamic DNS now, WAY cheaper.
>
> Wow.  SpiritOne/Aracnet provides a static IP standard for their DSL.
> Last I looked (a while ago), their base-level DSL is like $18/month or
> something.
>

I have been very happy with SpiritOne/Aracnet.  I almost never see a service
disruption.  Their tech support does not have a problem with Linux.  They
don't bitch about me hosting a mail server.  I have been using them for
about 3-5 years now.  (Don't remember when I started.  Quite a while ago.)