[aclug-L] Re: High-speed server access

[Carl D Cravens <raven@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 28 Dec 1999, John Goerzen wrote:

> ADSL does indeed support and allow dedicated IP and 24/7 servers.

I have no doubts about it's technical capability to do so.  The question
is whether the service providers will. 

> As I am in SWBell territory here in Dallas, there should be no
> difference there.  In fact, my ISP gave me a 5-address block of static
> IPs for a little extra a month.

This is promising... I guess it's time to contact my SWBell customer
representative.  Their complicated web pages suck for selling their
products. 

> ADSL is running me $40 each for telco and ISP.  Rumor has it that ADSL 
> is available in Wichita now, but that only swbell.net is acting as an
> ISP for it yet.  Not altogether an excellent solution, surely.

No, not excellent, but how bad are they if all I want is a connection to
the net and want to run my own services?  It would be rather sad if
swbell.net had less connectivity to the net than SouthWind.  

And SW says they'll be "competitive" when they do support ADSL.  I wonder
if they'll ever lower the cost of dedicated modems.  

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Carl D Cravens (raven@xxxxxxxxxxx)
I've got a chainsaw... what could go wrong?