5/8 Helping a friend install DSL. What are y'all's favorite DSL provider
in the NYC (upper west side) area? Personally I'd have them go with
Speakeasy because I've had such a good experience with them in
Berkeley. But friends are just normal users who run windoze and
don't run fancy servers and the such. All they need is something
stable & cheap. Suggestions? -- alice
\_ are you the same alice who used to date that gamerz dude who
won a Ferrari?
\_ Uh, no. -- alice
\_ aieeeeee, NYNEX
\_ Unfortunately, the moment you ask for stable, you sort of lose the
ability to ask for cheap. You might consider taking a look at
http://dslreports.com, in my experience, http://dslreports.com tends to have a
fairly even distribution of success and horror stories for each ISP
so I didn't find it that helpful in actually drawing conclusions.
How stable does it really need to be? If your friend is just
browsing the web and checking email, consider finding a cheap DSL
provider that provides a backup dialup account. Speakeasy does
this, but they're stable so you never use it, and they're not
cheap. -dans
\_ Is your friend committed to DSL? I've been using Road Runner
cable in Manhattan for about 2 years now. Its worked well.
Stable and (relatively) cheap (~$40/month). - rory |
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