Speakeasy's not at all what they used to be. I had used them for years and saw them impose soft caps in the wake of their acquisition by Best Buy. They also started charging the USF even though they weren't paying into the Universal Service Fund--which while I understand is a common business practice (add a new charge and pretend it's a tax) but wasn't what I expected from them at the time.<div>
<br></div><div>Unless there's a very specific need for something they do that another ISP doesn't, I'd pick a local provider over Speakeasy any day now.</div><div><br></div><div>Michael<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Bob Kline <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bob.kline@gmail.com">bob.kline@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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><font color="#888888"><div> -- Bob</div></font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><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" target="_blank">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>
<div><div></div><div><br>
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" target="_blank">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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