Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 05:06:00 -0700 From: "John Purser" <jpurser@uswest.net> To: <dg@root.com>, "Guess Who..." <ptacek@mcn.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Portland, FreeBSD, and DSL Message-ID: <004601bebd70$c398a420$ddb1fea9@spijpurser> References: <199906230713.AAA23927@implode.root.com>
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Hello and welcome to the Portland area, I live in Vancouver, the one just across the Columbia river from Portland OR. I tried to get DSL from US West but I live in an area that runs through a collector (I think) before it hits the phone company. Because of this all traffic is slowed down to 28.8 K so US West says they can't offer DSL in my area. Since they insist on crippling the phone system I don't see how they're ever going to compete with the cable companies for internet business. If US West is your phone company you should check carefully before signing a rental agreement if you want DSL. As I recall the price per month (line fee only) was something like $56.00 a month up here in WA. FYI there is a Portland area FreeBSD User Group and US West uses FreeBSD in their internet services division. John Purser ----- Original Message ----- From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: Guess Who... <ptacek@mcn.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 12:13 AM Subject: Re: Portland, FreeBSD, and DSL > >Sorry if I am a bit off topic here but I > >am looking for some advice. I will be > >moving to the Portland area in about 1-3 > >months and need to get DSL service. > >Basically I would like to get suggestions > >on ISPs that offer DSL in the Portland > >area. How difficult is it to get FreeBSD > >set up with them and what kinds of service > >do they offer for the price (bang for buck). > >I will need at least one static IP, more > >would be nice but I can use NAT. Since I > >don't have a place yet, any recommendations > >on certain areas. What is the best way of > >finding out if someplace is DSL capable > >before committing, can they check a line > >without a phone number. Can I find out where > >the DSL capable stations are so I don't waste > >my time looking outside the 2-3 mile range. > > > >Also I see there is a FreeBSD users group in > >the Portland area and I look forward to > >learning more about it once I get there. > > Both GTE and USWest will do line quality tests for free and tell you what > speed(s), if any, will work at a specific address. With GTE I think they > wanted a specific phone number (since they test that specific line in the > case of multiple lines at one address). > The DSL modem just acts like an ethernet bridge and is fully compatible > with FreeBSD. I have a block of static addresses. DHCP is usually used > for dynamic addresses (but I have no experiance with using that). In any case > getting set up to use DSL with FreeBSD is trivial. > I have 768Kbps DSL service from GTE with 'Internet Arena' as my service > provider. My costs run about $180/month total for telco+ISP. > > -DG > > David Greenman > Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org > Creator of high-performance Internet servers - http://www.terasolutions.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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