[aclug-L] Re: DSL

[Chris Owen <owenc@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 24 Sep 2002, Brent wrote:

> Might possibly be a double post but here I go again:
>
> Friend recommended Hubris for DSL, but I'm in a slight problem.  I got
> cox 'HSI' right now, but I'm moving to in town Hutch, and it'd be
> cheaper to switch to DSL with Hubris' special going on now, few
> problems.  The first is the term length, it says on the page that for
> the special you have to subscribe for a 1 year term, which kinda sucks
> since I'm only going to be here another 6-7 months

Unfortunately there isn't much of a deal to strike on the term.  The one
year term isn't part of the special it is unfortunately something we can't
really get out of.  We have to contract for the local loop on a one year
term so if we don't pass that liability on then we are stuck paying for
the line after you move.

I'm not sure you can really get DSL anywhere with less than a one year
term and not pay for it up front. SBC will do month to month but there is
a setup fee ($50 to $200 depending on what they do) and a charge of $400
if you want a router (and $100 for a bridge).

> the second, is only get 1 IP, I got 2 boxen. Anybody got any ideas on
> what I could do? Some other provider?  All else fails, try to strike a
> deal with Hubris?

Well unlike most providers we don't use bridging for our DSL installs so
unless you are wanting to run servers on the backside you really don't
need to have more than one IP address.  Instead of bridge we use a router
that will do NAT and DCHP on the connection so you can have as many
computers on the backside as you want (well 253 actually).

If you really must have more than one IP address we certainly have
business packages that include more.  If they are justified according to
ARIN policies we can route as many IP addresses as you legimately need
over the connection.

Chris

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