Re: [OFFTOPIC] Re: Boston area: which ISP would you recommend

2001-01-28 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
On Sat, Jan 27, 2001 at 02:26:02PM -0500, Vinod Kurup wrote: :Well, just to add one (kinda) dissenting opinion... I use RCN and they're OK. :Not great, but usable. Their connection drops have gone from 2-3/day :to about 1-2/week and my IP address hasn't changed in about 3 months. Well that's two

Re: Boston area: which ISP would you recommend

2001-01-27 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sat, Jan 27, 2001 at 08:17:41PM -0500, Paul D. Smith wrote: > RCN is also DHCP only (well, maybe you can get static for more $$, I'm > not sure), but so far I've only had my address change once in 8 months, > and I think it was some kind of infrastructure change since the new > address was _comp

Re: Boston area: which ISP would you recommend

2001-01-27 Thread Paul D. Smith
FWIW, I've had RCN in Lexington (MA) for 8 months now and it's great; no bandwidth or latency issues at all, and I've not noticed any service outages. But, they had to basically lay all new infrastructure here so maybe it's different in Boston proper. RCN is also DHCP only (well, maybe you can ge

Re: Boston area: which ISP would you recommend

2001-01-27 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
On Sat, Jan 27, 2001 at 08:36:22AM -0500, David Z. Maze wrote: > fast, and of not needing to deal with the phone company. We tried to > get DSL service from Speakeasy, and after a month and a half came up > with nothing (due to the, um, unique infrastructure that DSL requires > and its interaction

Re: [OFFTOPIC] Re: Boston area: which ISP would you recommend

2001-01-27 Thread Vinod Kurup
> MediaOne is known to have some periodic routing problems, but based on > what I've heard I'd take them over Verizon. I've heard a lot of > people with similar problems with RCN to what Noah describes, I'd > avoid them like the plague. > Well, just to add one (kinda) dissenting opinion... I use

Re: [OFFTOPIC] Re: Boston area: which ISP would you recommend

2001-01-27 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 08:54:16PM -0500, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: :I have heard good things about shore.net as well. In fact I was once :offerred a sysadmin job by them, and toured their facility. They're a :very clueful group. I know some excellent folks who've worked for shore.net and they s

Re: Boston area: which ISP would you recommend

2001-01-27 Thread David Z. Maze
Noah L Meyerhans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: NLM> On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 02:07:37PM -0800, Christophe Broult wrote: CB> I have just relocated from Normandy, France to Boston, CB> MA. I am wondering if any of you in the Boston area CB> would have any suggestion about an ISP whether it is CB> vi

[OFFTOPIC] Re: Boston area: which ISP would you recommend

2001-01-26 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 02:07:37PM -0800, Christophe Broult wrote: > I have just relocated from Normandy, France to Boston, > MA. I am wondering if any of you in the Boston area > would have any suggestion about an ISP whether it is > via regular modem, cable or DSL. I use a DSL line from Speakeas

Boston area: which ISP would you recommend

2001-01-26 Thread Christophe Broult
Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear fellow Debian user, I have just relocated from Normandy, France to Boston, MA. I am wondering if any of you in the Boston area would have any suggestion about an ISP whether it is via regular modem, cable or DSL. I hope you will enjoy a great weekend, Christophe