[CLUE-Talk] OpenSouce Friendly ISP [WAS Re: [CLUE-Tech] Easiest DHCP]

[Collins Richey]

On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 17:46:01 -0700 (MST)
Jeremiah Stanley <miah at miah.org> wrote:

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> > I've had some problems with AT&T, particularly the disruption, but I
> > couldn't bring myself to go back to Qworst. The choice is pretty much
> > between Evil 1 and Evil 2...
> 
> I stayed with The Lesser Evil(tm) myself. Not by choice mind you, I
> can't get DSL two blocks away from where I used to live (and had it).
> Another reason not to live in Arvada I suppose...
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> > Well, if anybody has the funds for a start-up, I'm available...
> 
> That makes two of us! I'd personally love to work for a microISP...
> 
> > > Is it too much of a niche market?  I doubt you could raise capital
> > > to become a national contender.  But what about a small local ISP
> > > here in Denver?  I would consider switching to an ISP who marketed
> > > themselves as OpenSource friendly.
> > 
> > I'd definitely switch if there was a Linux-friendly ISP with
> > high-speed(DSL or cable) access.
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I must be blind to some of the problems.  Yes, I was out of service for a
few days during the cutover to @attbi, but since then I've had nary a
problem, nor do I care whether they support linux (or others) or not,
since I'm sitting on a router (NetGear) that I only needed to touch to get
the correct domain name for the @attbi service.  The email servers have
been much more reliable than @home (they would take the server down on a
whim).

As to the other matters, please help me understand why a company that has
an express policy prohibiting you from running a server on their link (and
thereby potentially sucking down the available bandwidth for everyone on
the link) would be interested in helping you run a server?!  It would seem
to me that a commercial offering is what you are describing rather that an
individual user offering on @attbi.

Since I'm not trying to do that, I'm sitting here fat, dumb, and happy
with the @attbi service.

Not that it would not be nice to have a high-speed provider that offers
the services you are looking for.

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Collins Richey - Denver Area
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