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

[Ron Blanchett]

I think you got a very shady person in there sales department when you called.
Either that or the person didn't know what the hell they where talking about.
Either way they where trying to up-sell you, SBC/ATT website even states
that you don't even need there phone service to get the fastest connection.
I read it in the TOS somewhere, I wish I had bookmarked the page.

Just keep in mind that you might not get the lowest price.
They only give the lowest advertised price to people that bundle on as many services as possible.

-Ron


----- Original Message ----
From: Robert Adkins <radkins at impelind.com>
To: MDLUG's Main discussion list <mdlug at mdlug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 9, 2007 9:14:03 AM
Subject: Re: [mdlug] Naked/"dry loop" DSL and Linux-friendly ISPs

I am being told by AT&T that I am unable to obtain their faster 
services, because we don't have Caller ID, Long Distance and other 
bullshit services that we certainly do not want or need.

Our phone is simply for people to call us. All we have is local service, 
we do not even have local long distance.

I am considering switching to WOW! Internet, Phone & Cable, as we 
already have their cable service and have been happy with it. I am just 
not pleased with the idea of having slowdowns due to neighbors hogging 
bandwidth. Which is why I prefer DSL.

Rob

Mathew Enders wrote:
> 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.
>
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