Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 23657
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2002/1/24-25 [Computer/Networking] UID:23657 Activity:high
1/24    What is the best DSL/cable/etc. service south of campus?
        \_ DirecTV is not bad compared to PacBell except that you need to
           power-cycle their gateway once a week on the average. It costs the
           same, you get a static IP address, and you avoid using the satanic
           PPPoE.
           \_ thanks!  i would like to avoid the monsters. static IP wahoo!
           \_ PacBell no longer does static IPs?
                \_ not in the basic service.  -tom
           \_ um, is it any harder to share a line with multiple comps?
              \_ no
           \_ It has no start-up cost but after 6 mo. locks you in to
              a $49.99 per month.  They sell one-year contracts...so
              actually it's cheaper, but evidently less flexible (PacBell
              has start-up and starts at $49.99/mo.)
              has start-up and starts at $49.99/mo. but was recently
              $39.99/mo. -- shouldn't DSL be getting CHEAPER??? wtf! iprotst!)
           \_ goto circuit city, and ask for DirectTV promotional offer.  You
              may $9.99/mo for the first three monthes, then $49.99/mo. 1 year
              contract; no ativation fee; $19.95 quick starter fee; 24.99
              shipping and handling fee.  Only at participating locations.  I
              went to one, they do offer the package, however the employees
              there do not seem all that ethusiastic about selling it.  Looks
              like they are not making money with that offer which ends at the
              end of Jan.
           \_ what is the latency on DirectTV DSL connections?? Good luck
              trying to edit the motd
              \_ Good enough to edit motd and do a -lot- of work over ssh.
                 -DTV DSL user living in berkeley
              \_--- http://soda.CSUA.berkeley.edu ping statistics ---
              61 packets transmitted, 61 packets received, 0% packet loss
              round-trip min/avg/max/mdev = 27.533/56.400/223.502/45.142 ms
        \_ I use ATT @home (or whatever its technically called now). Aside
           from the recent inanity about Excite going bankrupt (which was
           handled surprisingly well, at least for me) I have had no
           problems. They don't "promise" you a static IP, but mine hasn't
           changed in the last year that I've had service. Cost is some-
           where arounr $45/mo. (recently went up as well) and they used
           to have a free installation, 3 months free plan. Check their
           website for current promotions.
           ...they also have digital phone that I've been meaning to try
           which seems like a good deal.                - rory
           \_ It ain't static no more.  Fuck you AT&T.
              \_ I switched to http://sonic.net (ADSL) for this reason.
              \_ It's always been DHCP but the numbers don't change once
                 assigned.  Welcome to the real world.  Thank you AT&T for my
                 dynamically assigned static IP and for the number of ninnies
                 who left the network because they think they're not getting
                 one.
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