[aclug-L] Re: ADSL, SWBell & Linux

[Steven Saner <ssaner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, I can answer part of your question. I am using ADSL with my
Linux system and it is working very nicely. I am somewhat lucky I
guess in that I get pretty much 100% of the max bandwidth for the low
capacity service. I am using a 486DX266 as router box and that handles
things just fine. I put two NICs in the machine. One connects to my
hub and the rest of my machines, and the other connects to the ADSL
modem. The only problem that I had was getting the service installed
by SWBell. I guarantee that I have a worse horror story than John
Goerzen in that respect :-)

However, I am not using SWBell for Internet connectivity. I am using
SouthWind. I am one of a couple employees who have it
now. Unfortunately, I can not speak to pricing and scheduling for
getting ADSL service through SouthWind. I am just the technical guy
who makes it work. It does work. I am told that things are close to
ready to roll out, but I've been told that before. I'm not even going
to attempt a guess at this point.

  
On Thu, Jan 27, 2000 at 03:34:48PM -0600, Carl D Cravens wrote:
> I've decided to replace my dedicated modem ($180/mo) with ADSL
> service.  swbell.net offers this service for $79/mo with 5 static
> IP's.  (I only get one with the modem through SouthWind.)  I was waiting
> on SouthWind to make ADSL available, but I'm hearing that their pricing on
> "dedicated" service is going to run much higher than swbell.net's
> pricing.  (Like in the range of my dedicated modem.) 
> 
> I know that Goerzen has service through SWBell in Dallas.  Does anybody
> else use a Linux box with ADSL here in Wichita?  Are there any things I
> should be concerned about regarding Linux, or can I just have SWBell
> install the line without any concern for what I'm planning to hook it up
> to?  
> 
> Is anybody using swbell.net as a service provider in Wichita?  How do you
> like their service?  Do you know how well connected they are, whether they
> experience a high number of outages, etc? 
> 
> I dislike leaving SouthWind, but this $180 a month is killing me when my
> friends are getting blazing speeds for $40.  I've got the dedicated modem
> to run a mailing list server off of, and really the modem is doing fine
> handling the traffic from the server, but for my personal surfing I'd
> really like the faster connection *and* the much lower price.  I'm just
> nervous about moving from a provider I've trusted for 5+ years to SWBell.  
> I'd like to hear that folks are happy with SWBell before I go pay a $300
> setup charge to switch to them.  
> 
> --
> Carl D Cravens (raven@xxxxxxxxxxx)
> I buy you sigs, and I buy you sigs, but all you do is eat the bits!
>