What ISP do you use?

finegan · 01-03-2004, 04:30 PM

I use MegaPath, ADSL, just a resold bellsouth line really... 2 downtimes of about an hour total over the past 2 years, heck it even stayed up during the MSBlaster debacle. It isn't cheap, about $65 a month, but that's with no port blocking like Earthlink and port 25, no caps, no clowns and salad, just a straight ADSL line and 5 static IPs.

Cheers,

Finegan

randomblast · 01-04-2004, 01:27 PM

i use NTL cable in the UK, i've had quite a bit of downtime with it, but now the only downtime i get is from my router.
there's no port blocking or anything like that, although officially "we don't support routers" and "we don't support linux", it works fine, the modem's a DHCP server so it sets itself up easy, and there's nothing client-side, just pure standards

XavierP · 01-04-2004, 01:36 PM

Randomblast - me too, but not the downtime. Weirdly for an ISP, when you call NTL (at least in my area) they actually give you good information, like how long for and why!

Absolutely bizarre.

Cruxus · 01-04-2004, 01:41 PM

At home, I use Charter Pipeline because that was the only home broadband realistically available here about a year ago; the telephone company never got around to making the area DSL ready so everyone I knew with broadband was using Charter Pipeline too. At college, my connection is part of the tuition. In both cases, I just need a DHCP client.

Nukem · 01-04-2004, 03:13 PM

Rogers.... here in Canada 3MB/s. But dont like it cauz the agreement allow them to see what you surf and track down the computer any way they want.

vincebs · 01-04-2004, 04:04 PM

^^ Well what choice do you have? You either use Rogers or forget about cable internet access.

Nukem · 01-04-2004, 04:12 PM

I also have Bell and Access Vantage. I will be switched to Access Vantage pretty soon. It's half the price and better.
www.accessv.com
but also half the speed. 1.2Mb/s

randomblast · 01-05-2004, 10:14 AM

XavierP: i know one other person that has problems with them, but everyone else i've spoken to thinks they're fine.
i suppose it depends on the area, the 'big green box' acrosss the road is a favorite haunt of drunk scallies, so that might have something to do with it...

XavierP · 01-05-2004, 10:20 AM

Yeah - ours has gone down badly once in a year. I think someone broke in to the green box and pulled something out. Or a workman sliced through the cable, that seems to be a regular thing - oh wait, is this a working cable? Only one way to find out......

fr0zen · 01-05-2004, 05:23 PM

WoW - WideOpenWest (wideopenwest.com)

2.0 mbit/384 kbit

dalek · 01-06-2004, 02:50 AM

I have dial-up and use a local provider called www.exceedtech.net . I like them myself. There are pretty good size company. I pay $16.00 a month and it is unlimited. Usually if there are problems it is above them with the phone company. If I had DSL I would be down anyway.

I get 26.4K though. That is because of the old phone cables though. I got the phone guy to come out with a laptop tester and see what he got. He got 24K like I used to get. He said, WIRES are old. I about

Anybody have DirecWay thing?

Later

timmy_laf · 01-06-2004, 03:27 AM

I use a West Aussie provider called IINET, it's cheap and has good support.

Unfortunately Western Australia is a bit behind the times and i'm in a fairly remote area so can't get ADSL or Cable

grrr...

dalek · 01-06-2004, 03:56 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by timmy_laf
Unfortunately Western Australia is a bit behind the times and i'm in a fairly remote area so can't get ADSL or Cable grrr...

You ain't alone bud. I got to get something better than this 26.4K thing.

Later

vasudevadas · 01-06-2004, 05:14 AM

Ntlworld 600kbit broadband. I will soon upgrade it to 1Mbit. Not the fastest broadband about by a long way, but it does the job nicely.

dalek · 01-06-2004, 05:19 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by vasudevadas
Ntlworld 600kbit broadband. I will soon upgrade it to 1Mbit. Not the fastest broadband about by a long way, but it does the job nicely.

Wish I had half of that.

Later