[linux-help] Re: Routing sanity-check

["The Bobster" <thebobster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I decided to go a little heavy. I went with the DSL from SWBI, with the
speed upgrade and 5 static IP addresses. I'll run a proxy on one address,
one web server and one exchange server (I still do a lot of NT) and probably
one Linux/FreeBSD box on another address.

The Bobster
Shelling out 200 a month


----- Original Message -----
From: Clint A. Brubakken <cabrubak@xxxxxxx>
To: <linux-help@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 10:28 AM
Subject: [linux-help] Re: Routing sanity-check


> to put my 2 cents in:
>
> My DSL is installed tomorrow, and I'm going with SWBI, for 2 reasons:
>
> If you sign up before April 30, and you agree to sign a one year
> contract and use SWBI, installation ($200) and isp service is free
> ($10/month) after that year you still own the dsl modem, and can go with
> someone else but that a $320 savings, and as this is just a hobbyist use
> (ie I'm not making any money of it) that enough for me to use SWBI.
>
> Also we've used it at work for several months, with no real problems.
>
> It remains to be seen if I upgrade to the 6mb/5 ip option if that counts
> a breaking my contract
>
>
>
>
> j m wagle wrote:
> >
> > Carl:
> > thanks,
> > My son wants to get a 'DSL' line from SWB, but for now I will stay with
> > Southwind also.
> > mike wagle
> >
> > Carl D Cravens wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, j m wagle wrote:
> > >
> > > > Not a very related question, but please tell me the advantages of
> > > > using DSL from SWB and Southwind at internet provider?
> > >
> > > SWBI is an unknown quantity.  I've been a customer of SouthWind for
over
> > > five years.  I know what their service is like.  I even know what
their
> > > weaknesses tend toward.  I don't know what SWBI is like... except that
> > > right now I'm hearing they're having DNS problems.  I've never heard
> > > anyone praise them for anything, which is almost as bad as hearing
about
> > > problems.
> > >
> > > I prefer to get my Internet from the small guy... SWBI is a large,
> > > faceless corporation in which I'm a drop-in-the-bucket customer.  Just
in
> > > trying to get my DSL line hooked up through them I got one
representative
> > > that rudely would not let the SouthWind rep stay on the line with me
> > > during ordering the service.  Supposedly her supervisor backed her up.
> > > We called back and got another rep who didn't care if the SW rep was
on
> > > the line with me.
> > >
> > > SouthWind cares about Wichita and the surrounding area... they're a
> > > city-wide provider, not a multiple-states-wide one.  Though they're
owned
> > > by OneMain, they're still run in Wichita by local folks.  (At least
for
> > > now... who knows what OneMain might do in the future.)
> > >
> > > > I am not very bright and don't understand the advantages of either
service.
> > > > (Note: I only have a 28.8 modem and use Southwind as my ISP)
> > >
> > > Beyond being a known quantity, I already have them set up as my
secondary
> > > DNS for my dedicated services.  It's much easier to move to another
set of
> > > IP's staying with SouthWind than moving to another company.  That
won't be
> > > a concern of yours, though.
> >
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> --
> Clint Brubakken
> Developer, Computer Science Services Group, LLC
> President Air Capital Linux Users Group
> Wichita, KS
> cabrubak@xxxxxxx
> ---
> "So I decided that if the architecture is fundamentally sane enough, say
> it
> follows some basic rules like it supported paging , then I would be able
> to say,
> yes, Linux fundamentally supports that model."
>
>   -- Linus Torvalds on Portability (Open Sources, 1999 O'Reilly and
> Associates)
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