Hi Mike --<div><br></div><div>What do you mean by Comcast's</div><div>2nd or 3rd tier? Unless something</div><div>has changed recently, 16Mbps </div><div>residential service is the highest</div><div>performance available in the GR area.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Never mind that it says it is on Comcast's</div><div>website.....</div><div><br></div><div>Comcast does support DOCSIS 3 modems</div><div>now, even though it will happily rent you a</div><div>DOCSIS 2 unit at a current price of $7 a month.</div>
<div><br></div><div> -- Bob</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Michael Mol <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mikemol@gmail.com">mikemol@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Difficult question. I don't know the normal costs for this kind of service.<br>
<br>
Under the assumption that the copper itself is going to cost me $30/mo<br>
to keep up, I'd probably look for $10-20/mo per channel beyond that.<br>
So, for two channels and all desired services, $80-$100/mo total<br>
outlay. Easily negotiable depending on adding/removing services. (if<br>
the services I want aren't doable at these rates, I'd negotiate on the<br>
services first, prices second)<br>
<br>
I could possibly sacrifice IPv6 and stick with tunneling there, but<br>
native is easily preferable.<br>
<br>
I obviously wouldn't need more than one IPv4 address, but if I get<br>
native IPv6, I could likely do without native IPv4. That reduces ISP<br>
pressure on their available pool of IPv4 IPs.<br>
<br>
As long as the tech support is competent and communicable (meaning<br>
something like Comcast's 2nd or 3rd tier. AT&T residential doesn't<br>
have *anything* resembling decent tech support), could go with<br>
per-ticket support fees (waived in the case of it being the ISP's<br>
issue, rather than my own configuration or equipment idiocy) instead<br>
of monthly payments supporting free support calls.<br>
<br>
I'm willing to do a 1-year contract to hit my target rate.<br>
<br>
If it's somehow possible to squeeze three channels into that price<br>
range(that'd depend on keeping the copper live costing less than<br>
$30/mo, obviously), I'd get a lot more flexible on the other service<br>
details.<br>
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On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Richard Maloley II<br>
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> What are you looking to spend/budget?<br>
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> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Michael Mol <<a href="mailto:mikemol@gmail.com">mikemol@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> I'm shopping for an ISP for home. Not going to touch Comcast or<br>
>> U-verse for this. U-verse because I don't like their router, and<br>
>> Comcast because the local loop's bandwidth will be shared with too<br>
>> many other local customers.<br>
>><br>
>> * Channel bonded ADSL. Probably just two channels. I'd be looking for<br>
>> 5-6Mb down per channel. I currently get about 5Mb down with the single<br>
>> channel I've got.<br>
>> * IPv6 connectivity (either via allocated subnet, or via RAs from<br>
>> upstream)<br>
>> * IPv4 connectivity (non-static IP is fine)<br>
>> * Low jitter (I intend to run VOIP; I've got my own Asterisk servers<br>
>> and trunking providers already)<br>
>> * Self-maintained router on my end; tell me the protocols and<br>
>> connection details to use, and I'll keep my end running.<br>
>><br>
>> Anyone have good leads for this kind of thing? If it works nicely<br>
>> enough, I might be able to successfully pitch it to work, where we've<br>
>> got no coax, but enough copper to suggest there used to be a Centrex<br>
>> setup there.<br>
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