I am looking at switching to speakeasy.net's PremiumPlus 768k/768k SDSL package (with the SysAdmin/rootpro modification. No price changes for modifications from the standard packages.). PremiumPlus 768 $159/month = 2 POP Emails, 1 Shell (Linux!) Account, 4 Static IPs, 100MB Webspace, Extra Dialup Account (30/hrs month) Premium 768 $149/month = 2 POP Emails, 1 Static IP, GameSpy Software For the extra $10 i think i will go with the Plus. The only things I want are 1 IP, 10 meg of web space for things like ebay pictures, and a dailup i can use with my laptop. Dont need anymore IP's or pop emails or shell accounts. The price is kinda high from my $70/month for SDSL 768/768 at onvoy, but I heard from someone they have very good backbones and they are supposed to be a very good company. Jason DeStefano wrote: > Guess that makes two of us in this world that have the same > intentions for our networks... > > As much as I HATE Qwaste for screwing me, if you can get DSL > then their ISP service is fairly good. I've had the following > from them for the past two and a half years: > > 640/256Kb DSL $20 > Basic ISP from Qwaste $20 > Home office package $35 (needed to get static subnet) > 8 IP subnet (29bit) $15 > > ~Total $90/month (i think the prices are accurate) > > My domain is pointing to my DNS servers. I talked Qwaste into > doing reverse delegation for DNS to my servers (they said they > normally dont unless you have a business-class line). I run > DNS and mail from my own servers with a friend who has a > similar setup as my domain backup for mail and DNS. Until > Qwaste screwed in my new apartment this service has been > excellent (provided you can wait through the poor service when > you need to make changes which is usually not often). > > Not sure about covad's prices and how they compete. > > Jason > > On Fri, 29 Dec 2000, Jason J wrote: > > > If I have a static IP and an always on connection that is basically half a T1, > > why not take full advantage of it. Why not host my own mail and dns and other > > services so I don't have to rely on an ISP. If for some reason mine should fail I > > can always use the ISP's mail servers and DNS servers as a back up. This way I > > don't have to pay any more charges and I have easy physical access to my server > > if I want to make any hardware swaps. I have to have a server anyway, for > > firewalling, MASQ'ing and VPN. I like having my family's email stored on family > > property and not sitting on someone else's server where it can be read or deleted > > at someone else's request. There are alot of other reasons that I wouldnt want to > > share a colo server that I dont feel like typing out. > > > > Anyway, these comments do not answer my question and are just negative criticism > > of my connection usage. I just want to know if anyone knows if I can trust Covad > > to stay in business. And I also want to know if anyone has opinions on which > > company is better, Covad or Qwest. > > > > Thank you all in advance for your help. > > > > > > > > Bob Tanner wrote: > > > > > Quoting Scott Dier (dieman at ringworld.org): > > > > * Jason J <jasonj at innominatus.com> [001228 23:16]: > > > > > I host several domains for myself and family members. > > > > > Email accounts for those domains > > > > > > > > I really can't wait until the trend for this sort of dsl usage falls > > > > away and back into groups of people grouping together to fund colocated > > > > machines. It's really a shame on how many people get burned by all this > > > > DSL instablity. Most ISP's dont just go around shutting off colocated > > > > customers. :) > > > > > > > > Plus, theres much less complexity by taking the [Qwest,Covad,Rythms] > > > > DSL part of the equation out. > > > > > > There is the whole "root-envy" thing on shared colocated boxes. Everyone just > > > wants the power and they don't want to share. > > > > > > -- > > > Bob Tanner <tanner at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 > > > http://www.mn-linux.org | Fax : (952)943-8500 > > > Key fingerprint = 6C E9 51 4F D5 3E 4C 66 62 A9 10 E5 35 85 39 D9 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > tclug-list mailing list > > > tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > > > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > > tclug-list mailing list > > tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20001229/c53a61bc/attachment.html