[nmglug] lf DSL/Wireless provider

[Jeff Shippen]

Hey Michael,
Well, should you have to go the way of DSL, I have just gotten earthlink 
last month. $40/mo for 6.0 mb/s down, something like 700+ Kb/s up.  Be 
careful if you sign up with them - on their website they advertise 6.0 
Mb, and I signed up on their live chat, and all I said was "i want to 
sign up for dsl..." so we go through the order and at the final stage, 
they said something like "ok, 1.5 Mb DSL, $40/mo" I was like yep, then i 
re-read that and said "WHOA, the website says 6mb for the same price" >> 
"oh, ok, let me look and see if that speed is available for your phone 
number... yes it is... so 6.0 mb at $40/mo".

Now I'll tell you, that while I have 6.0 mb/s, most websites I download 
from limit their upload speed to around 75-175 KB/s which is close 
enough to the 1.5 mb/s down speed.  All I'm trying to say, is when 6.0 
mb/s really pays off as far as down speed is when you are using 
torrent.  that is my experience so far anyway.

I did the setup on my windows computer, which was simply logging into 
the modem and typing my user name and password, earthlink's provided 
software was NOT required to get up and running, nor did I install it.  
They claim not to block any ports too, so far so good, but the modem 
they provide does block a few ports by default, which you can turn on 
and off as desired.  That is perfectly acceptable if you ask me.

Also, to others that might be reading this, when I first got the dsl was 
after moving in w/ my g/f, which she had earthlink dial-up, the first 
thing that has to go, right!  so when I called and inquired about 6 mb/s 
dsl, I let them know I was doing an upgrade from dial-up, they kept 
denying that 6.0 was avail for me, and the fastest speed was 3.0.  I 
told them, "nevermind, I don't want your dsl"  I figured the 6.0 was 
only for new-comers, not upgrades, so I created a new account on my 
name, and canceled hers.  Of course, she wanted her e-mails back, so i 
went in to re-create the accounts under my new profile, and they had 
been disabled meaning that she couldn't log in and I could not create 
the accounts as if they hadn't existed.  A quick live chat got them 
transferred over to my account and re-enabled for free.

Hope that helps you and anyone else!
Jeff

ax at sonic.net wrote:
> Hey. Hi.
>
> I've been in town for about a year and am just about to move to Aldea, 
> a development with loads of WEP encrypted access points. Perhaps 
> someone on this list lives there and would consider sharing WiFi with me.
>
> I'm about to put up a couple of flyers out there, just in case; but it 
> looks like I might have to bite the bullet, get a phone and, aargh, 
> pay for DSL. So I'm wondering who I should go with.
>
> Ideas/Suggestions welcome.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Michael 
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