[PLUG] Provider Recommendations Sought

[Robert Munro]

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On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:04:02 -0800 JM <pdxlinux at johnmedway.com> 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.
> 
You didn't say what Speakeasy is doing that's pissed you off. I am
curious because that's my ISP and I haven't found problems with it.

This 1.5Mbps DSL link stays up 24/7/365, except for infrequent and brief
maintenance hits, and it seems reliable to me, since I use it
constantly, including for remote work at a website based in the UK.

I did notice some months ago that Speakeasy's DNS servers in Seattle
seemed to stop caching website URLs, so I'm running dnsmasq on my PC
behind my firewall, and that appears to be working.

Speakeasy has been owned by Best Buy (shudder) for a while now, but just
as long as my line works and it doesn't hike my rate, I'm fine with that.

So what's changed that is making you want to switch to another ISP?

Robert
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