<soapbox class='technology pet peeves'> My biggest gripe is that people use the term ISP for AOL, MSN, Qwest, Visi, et al. I provide internet SERVICES but not internet ACCESS. </soapbox> -- Ryan On Jul 7, 2010, at 1:06 PM, Mr. MailingLists wrote: > Lucky dude! I have been waiting for anything more that 3Mbps/640Kbps at 55419. > > I had a discussion with a tech from IPHouse awhile back and they stated that Qwest does > not (or can't?) allow 3rd party ISPs to use their FIOS network, but this was about 7-8 > months back. > > You would know if you where going to use a 3rd party ISP (Visi, IPHouse, Others..) since > you would be paying for DSL connectivity via Qwest (The physical line to their > multiplexer) as well as connectivity to the ISP, so I guarantee it would be more than > 29.99 (I pay $40 for my line, and $30 for my internet connection(To Visi)). > > So yes, you are using Qwest as an ISP (Not naked) under the branding of Microsoft. > > WTF, where is my 7Mbps service! :D > > On 7/7/2010 12:25 PM, Ryan Coleman wrote: >> TBMK it's naked. There was *no* mention during the phone call about MSN >> and nothing in the flyer we got in the mail says anything about MSN >> (specifically mentions 12, 20 and 40Mb service, though). >> >> >> On Jul 7, 2010, at 12:21 PM, Shawn Fertch wrote: >> >>> Is that naked dsl/qwest or is that serviced by msn? >>> >>> >>>> On Jul 7, 2010 12:17 PM, "Ryan Coleman" <ryanjcole at me.com >>>> <mailto:ryanjcole at me.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> We're getting FIOS in 55125, the rate to my residence (20Mb) is >>>> $29.95 a month for six months... >>>> >>>> Does anyone have any experience with this? running your web server, >>>> and what not? Is the base modem pretty decent or should I be >>>> considering an upgrade? I did opt to purchase the modem ($8/month >>>> rental otherwise). >>>> >>>> Thanks much, >>>> Ryan >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>>> tclug-list at mn-linux.org <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> >>>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>> tclug-list at mn-linux.org <mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> >>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list