They show 5 email accounts now and ya the firewall will be
handled by me so I don't want that extra package add on as
they charge extra 9.95 or something like that for it. They
show 20 meg of space and the running servers is a plus and I
did not know that as they did not mention it on their site
but it may have been in the business section. Well, sounds
ok and since it is my "only choice" for DSL I will give them
a try. Thanks to all that replied as I know I would get
better feed back here than on some news group. Nothing to
loose as they offer month by month and I can disconnect my
second phone line. I am right at 4 miles from my telco
office so I consider myself lucky to even being offered at
this point but as I said before after you have tasted a T-1
dedicated line for 4 + years, (running RedHat by the way)
the 56k modem thing really gets old.
Thanks,
Eddie Strohmier
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mikkel L.
Ellertson
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 10:08 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Telocity DSL...
On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Eddie Strohmier wrote:
> Hello:
>
> I finally think I may have a DSL service in my area and
> wanted to see if anyone on the list was using them.
Telocity
> is the service and the appear to be Linux friendly at
least
> their website indicates this. Has anyone had any
experience
> with them? I miss my old solid T-1 line from my ISP
service
> I used to provide so bad that I am willing to go with
> anything to shake away this 56k modem crap. They are
> providing the equipment for free and a static IP with
> software for Linux. They say the cost is 49.95/month, no
> contract. They say up to 1500 Kbps download and 128 Kbps
> upload. Upload does not look good to me but since it is my
> only option right now I guess it would not hurt to give
them
> a try unless someone here has some serious problems with
> them. Dslreports.com rates them in the C to C+ category
and
> I see some good reviews and bad. But I can't tell if these
> reviews were made by the novice or someone experienced
with
> broadband. Any comments would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Eddie Strohmier
>
>
I have been using Telocity for about a year now. Some good
points, and some bad ones. My install did not go as well as
I would
have liked. A big part of that was that I was one of the
early users in
this area. Another part was that the local phone company
didn't get
their act together - both in getting hte second line hooked
up, and is
passing along information.
I have also had some service problems - part of them caused
by
the responce Telocity got in this area. They have more
users then they
expected. They have also had some regional problems that
left major
regons with limitted service. (I had a day last week when I
could only
access certen sites.)
Customer Service leaves a lot to be desired. It is
suspossed to
be improving, but I have not seen it yet. Forget about
E-mail support.
I almost never get an answer that way, and usualy have to
break down and
call the 800 number. For that matter, I am not sure if they
ever got
the e-mail address fixed. customer service was mailing me
at my old
ISP. They may still do that, but the mail doesn't get
forwarded any
more.
By now, you probably have the idea that I am not happy with
Telocity, but you are wrong. For the most part, I have been
happy with
them. I have a domain name regestered on my IP address, and
they supply
name server service on 3 name servers at no extra charge.
(I am still
trying to get reverse DNS mapped correctly - time for
another call...)
The installation manual has instructions for setting up
their
"modem" from Linux, witch is a plus. Basicly, you can set
things up
from any computer with a web browser. (Yes, even Lynx...)
You can also
check the status of your connections by pointing your web
beowser to
10.5.1.2.
Going with a registered domain name, you have a few
choices.
You can have www.<your domain> point to your IP, or to your
web space on
Telocity. (10M, if I remember right.) You also have a
choice on where
your mail goes. You also get 3 e-mail addresses. They also
offer
firewall service, and Spam filtering, but I preferrer to
take care of
that at my end.
One strong point for me was the fact that they will let you
run
servers on your DSL connection. Most of the other providers
I can use
do not allow this, or want to charge extra for it. (Double
the price,
or more!) Now, I could probably get away with running
servers any way,
because I am a low volumn site. But I like not having to
hide the fact.
(My connection is rated at 512k down, 256k up, but I get
better then
that most of the time...) They actualy make out well on me,
as they
usulay do not see high usage from be except non-peak hours.
Mikkel
--
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
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