[nmglug] that new Qwest offer

[Tim Emerick]

Qwest/MSN is just fine.  If I were you I would not buy their newer 2wire modems but get one of their older Actiontec DSL modems from Ebay.  They can be had for about $20.  The latest firmware can do everything you might need.  If you don't like their router you can always turn off NAT and forward everything to the router of your choosing.  smoothwall, clarknet, whatever.

I've found that the Actiontec routers work just fine for my purposes though.

 
MSN's only caveat is they don't allow port 25 outbound which is getting to be the norm with ISP's.

----- Original Message ----
From: Mark Galassi <mark at galassi.org>
To: NMGLUG org mailing list <nmglug at nmglug.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 6:44:52 PM
Subject: [nmglug] that new Qwest offer


Amigos, I just got an offer in the mail from Qwest.

Right now I have DSL with qwest.net as an ISP, rather than MSN.

It seems that with MSN I would get a cheaper and stronger deal, with
lots of extras which I would not really use, but I'd like to do the
simple MSN/qwest.net comparison for ISP service.

Does anyone know if MSN has any hidden yuckiness?  For example:

* do they require some integrated proprietary s/w to run on
  Windows/Mac, or do they "just work" with an off-the-shelf DSL modem?

* do they offer routed IP addresses?  I don't need it fixed, but I
  need to be able to ssh to it from the outside world.

* any privacy concerns?

* how bad is it that they are Microsoft?  (note that in general I find
  that all proprietary s/w companies are lame, not just Microsoft)

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