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

[David Carmichael <dec2955@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Currently SWB will only support Windows installs.. but that does not mean
that if you do all the hardware and software installs that things will not
work... for a while I had a LINUX box connected to my home Win'98SE network
and was able to surf the net with the basic 'Netscape' install with no 'DSL'
related troubles (troubles that I was having were all missing plug ins, ect)

As far as 'service brown outs' I have not had any in close to four months of
service!!

The only true trouble that I have had was due to the follow things...

(1) another tech was working on a line at another house and some how
disconnected my service at a junction box... fixed in less than 24 hours.

(2) the ASDL modem locked up on me and to be cold booted.

(3) some times the email / newsgroup services has had troubles [fixed in
less than eight hours].. but even when these services were being repaired I
was still able to surf the net with no troubles!

I can now fully see that it is not my connection where things are slow.. but
file downloads and 'REAL AUDIO' are great!  Last week I was connected to one
'Real Video' site while my wife was also connected to another 'Real Audio'
site and both feeds were clean and static free...



----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl D Cravens" <raven@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <aclug-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 3:34 PM
Subject: [aclug-L] ADSL, SWBell & Linux


> 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!
>
>