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

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I really don't know how SWB goes as far as quality of service &
connectivity.

If their Internet service is like their telephone service, I'd stay away
from them, tho.... :-)

If what Steve says is accurate, Southwind will probably be offering ADSL
within 3 months, so you probably wouldn't realize any savings at all by
switching to SWB right now...


On Tue, Dec 28, 1999 at 08:20:51PM -0600, Carl D Cravens wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Dec 1999, Jonathan Hall wrote:
> 
> > The ADSL *lines* are available in Wichita.
> 
> Great!  Now if SouthWind will get their end working... 
> 
> > The only ISP in Wichita currently offering ADSL service is SWB.
> 
> How bad is this?  Anybody know how well they're connected in Wichita 
> and how reliable their connection is?  I'm not interested in *any*
> services except connectivity (if SW will keep my secondary DNS until I can
> move back to them).  
> 
> I'd be willing to switch to them temporarily ($75 charge for breaking the
> 1-year contract with SWB) until SW offers DSL service if they aren't
> absolutely terrible.  I'm paying $180 a month for 33.6k of bandwidth...
> I'd move to ADSL even if it weren't an increase in bandwidth just to save
> $100 a month.  Even after hookup charges, it'd only take me three months
> to realize a savings.
> 
> --
> Carl D Cravens (raven@xxxxxxxxxxx)
> You can tell the nature of a man by the words he chooses.
>    -Dr. Ed Cole
> 

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