Connectivity woes in Boston

[se at panix.com (Scott Ehrlich)]

One option might be to check DSL options with Earthlink.  They use
Verizon's infrastructure, but you don't use Verizon as the ISP.  Earthlink
claims I'm close enough to the CO, whereas Verizon claims I am not.

You get a dynamic IP, but if you want to run servers, you could also use a
service like dyndns, tzo, etc.

You could also try ATT/@Home and see what actually happens.  Worst case,
they disconnect you, and you go back to dialup for now.  Wait until ATT
gets sold, and try again.

Hope that helps.

Scott


On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, John J Boland wrote:

> oh, woe is me!
>
> tiac.net/inter.net is changing over to new access numbers and i no longer get
> my static address, which was part of my premium service, i get a dynamic
> address now.  i haven't been all that happy with the service over the last
> several months (slowww downloads, several retries to connect).
>
> so, i've been looking at high-speed internet access options in the city
> of Boston: DSL and cable modems.
> Unfortunately, i'm 500 feet too far from my CO for DSL.
> Cablevision of Boston had struck up a deal with @home for cable-based
> internet service.  Since at&t took over, they haven't changed the deal with
> @home and that appears to be the only service i can get. the aup from @home
> is very restrictive, no servers of any kind.  the one guy i managed to find in
> customer service, who knew anything about anything, gave me the impression
> that they monitored connections/usage and would terminate the account of
> any suspected servers and that @home was geared more towards basic web surfing
> and their email service. so, i wouldn't be able to set up my own mail or web
> server.
>
> so, i guess i've got two questions:
> 1) are there any other high-speed options available in the city of Boston?
> 2) should i just ignore the aup and setup my own servers?
>
> tia...
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