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

[Joseph C. Bender]

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.
> 
	Speakeasy's Onelink service was really great to me.  I'd still have it 
if it wasn't for the fact that I'm 17,000+ feet out from the CO, and 
maintaining decent speeds was a problem.  The circuits and DSLAMs are 
provisioned by Covad.  The copper is still provided by ATT.



> 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.
>
	Speakeasy was great for this.  They'll even set up reverse DNS for you 
for the IP addresses assigned to your account. No issues running 
servers, and their support team is amazingly clueful.


JCB


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