<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/14/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Ken MacFerrin</b> <<a href="mailto:lists@macferrin.com">lists@macferrin.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
[snip]<br>><br>> I have used and will continue to support Front Range Internet.<br>> (<a href="http://www.frii.net">www.frii.net</a>) Local techs with a clue, and never seen a bottleneck<br>> ever on my DSL service with multiple static IP's. If you're comparing
<br>> their non-static-IP service to Qwest's offerings without MSN, they're<br>> probably $10/month more. And well worth it.<br>><br>> And you get to go to bed at night knowing you're supporting local techs
<br>> with real jobs, not McJobs where someone reads you a script from their<br>> screen at some outsourced Qwest call center.<br>><br><br><br>Add another vote for FRII (<a href="http://www.frii.com">www.frii.com
</a>). I switched from Comcast to<br>Qwest/FRII when I moved last year and have been very satisfied. My<br>setup is Qwest Connect Platinum (naked DSL) plus FRII Home DSL Deluxe<br>and a couple extra bucks for a static IP. I also prefer to run the
<br>Actiontec modem in transparent bridge mode so that it only handles the<br>DSL connection setup and allows my firewall to "own" the external IP<br>address.<br></blockquote></div><br>And another vote for FRII. For all the reasons stated above. They know their stuff, and they don't bother you with scripts and such nonsense.
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