[lug] IDSL

[Robert L. Harris]

Check out dslreports.com  I ended up going with covad and concentric for
my IDSL.  For $125/mo I get 144K/144K dedicated.  For an additional $7/mo
I get 32 Static IP Addresses.  The "router" is an external box, with a
4port ethernet hub built into the back and does IP packet filtering.

Robert

Thus spake Michael Deck (deckm at cleansoft.com):

> I'm looking for recommendations for a Linux-friendly (or at least not Linux-unfriendly) IDSL provider. 
> 
> My current ISP, Front Range Internet, has partnered with New Edge but they don't offer service yet to my location. 
> 
> US Wurst won't qualify me for their service and in any case I am fed up with US Wurst and would prefer (almost) anyone else. 
>   
> If possible, I'd prefer to be working with a local company as my ISP rather than a big national one.
> 
> I got a mailing from Hostpro (a Micron company) who are partnering with Covad. Covad _will_ qualify me. With Hostpro I can get everything I need (webhosting 100MB including CGI and Java Servlets, email boxes, 1 static IP) for $139/mo. (IDSL is 144K symmetric DSL over ISDN). They'll setup and install, and provide the Flowpoint 144 hardware for free with a one-year commitment. 
> 
> (This compares pretty favorably with the $70 telco + $150 ISP + $25 webhost I'm paying per month for _half_ an ISDN connection, to connect up with Ryan Kirkpatrick's High-Speed rural thread. That's my situation too, BTW) 
> 
> My understanding (correct me if I'm wrong) is that I can tell the Flowpoint not to route or masquerade, give the one static IP address to my Linux firewalling/proxy/masquerading router, and I'm in business. Hostpro seemed to think that would work but also seemed a little uncertain. 
> 
> TIA,
>     Mike
> 
> Michael Deck
> Cleanroom Software Engineering, Inc.   
> 
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