6/12 God damn it! My dsl was down all day yesterday, came back up for
about 7 hours in the evening, and when down again early this morning.
Anybody else having dsl problems in the area?
\_ It might help if you said who your provider was, and what area.
\_ Last night I did. Don't know about this morning. earthlink
\_ SBC in SF: no problems.
\_ anybody using resellers of WorldCom? I'm using Cyberonic, who's
a reseller of WorldCom. -op
\_ you have that 1500 down/768 up deal? how is it, apart from
\_ DSLExtereme is cheap and good.
\_ Yes. I spoke with my provider (rawbandwidth.com) and he said
that Pac Bell is making changes to the system this month.
outage yesterday?
\_ Their tech support's kinda poor. Limited support hours, no
reverse DNS option, and no "official" news server. But
other than that, it's pretty decent.
\_ cable modem. solid.
\_ i had daily outage 7pm to 9pm on comcast, until i switched
provider a month ago.
\_ AT&T, ex-@home, solid.
\_ I have Speakeasy, they rule and I've only had one 3-hour outage
in the whole two years I've been a customer. You pay more but
the service is great and they are technically skilled. --aaron
\_ non-sequitur: I just got back from Japan, where they're
offering 8Mbps ADSL for home use for ~$40 per month, and
no set up charge.
\_ Cool, if only I could afford the $50k/month it would take to
live the same lifestyle there that I have here.
\_ actually, Tokyo and SF have very similar Cost of Living
stats. and if you're willing to move to rural Japan,
the prices are much better.
\_ Oh really? So I can buy a house in Tokyo's suburbs 45
minutes door-to-door from work for $1750/month in mortgage
payments? 4BR/3BA with a yard? I think not.
\_ you can't get that in SF either
\_ Sure you can, if you don't mind dodging bullets.
\_ Well, one, you're not likely to find a house with an
American-style yard anywhere near a city in Japan,
so that's out. Two, if you mean by train, sure, you
can find some pretty good deals forty-five minutes
from downtown Tokyo. Three, how does it feel to
have a 40-year mortgage, or did you get in early?
\_ FYI, phrases like "I think not" make you sound like
an asshole. |