[mdlug] Naked/"dry loop" DSL and Linux-friendly ISPs

[Mathew Enders]

On Tue, 2007-01-09 at 01:03 -0800, Daniel Hedlund wrote:
> Has anyone had any positive experiences getting "dry loop" DSL service 
> (without phone) through AT&T(SBC) owned copper?  I've read that due to 
> the merger a while back, having a monopoly required them to make such a 
> service available for at least two years.
> 
> If so, what I'd like to know is if anyone has had any positive 
> experiences with any ISPs in particular that offer static IP addresses 
> and are reasonably friendly to non-commercial Linux-based servers, 
> including hosting my own email and DNS services.
> 

When I got my DSL I asked about this type of service and was told that
it was not available.