I think it is the consumer grade DSL that has been the cause of the insolvency in alot of the ISPs. They tried to compete a little too much. Tom Veldhouse veldy at veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <dopp at acm.cs.umn.edu> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 1:07 PM Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Good Covad ISP's > I find it odd that they don't list any consumer-grade DSL solutions on > their web site. They try to get your address out of you at every turn :) > > Gabe > > On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 12:54:44PM -0600, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote: > > I have seen as high as 158KB/s averaged over a large download :) > > > > My usual with a full pipe is about 152KB/s. My uploads have typically been > > about 40KB/s. > > > > Very Very Happy. > > > > And to think -- I am 13600 feet from the CO. > > > > Tom Veldhouse > > veldy at veldy.net > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Nate Carlson" <natecars at real-time.com> > > To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > > Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 12:53 PM > > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Good Covad ISP's > > > > > > > On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote: > > > > XO (formerly Concentric). They have been wonderful. I have the > > 1500/384 > > > > plan -- it runs $89/month currently. You can get 608/128 (I think that > > was > > > > the upload) for $69/month. > > > > > > > > They give you four static IP's. It has been almost completely trouble > > free > > > > since November when they ugpraded their entire network (I believe they > > added > > > > an OC12 to the mix). > > > > > > How's the speed? Do you really get 150k/s down? :) > > > > > > -- > > > Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 > > > http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500 > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > tclug-list mailing list > > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > tclug-list mailing list > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > Gabe Turner | X-President, > UNIX Systems Administrator, | Assoc. for Computing Machinery > U of M Supercomputing Institute for | University of Minnesohta > Digital Simulation and Advanced Computation | dopp at acm.cs.umn.edu > > "I like the same theengs you do: wax paper, > boiled football leather, dog breath!!" > - Commander Hoek (Ren) in "Space Madness" > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >