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Date:      Thu, 25 May 2000 18:01:47 +0200
From:      Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de>
To:        Matt Heckaman <matt@ARPA.MAIL.NET>
Cc:        Troy Settle <troy@picus.com>, lures@mozcom.com, FreeBSD-ISP <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Need advice on software for ISP startup using FreeBDS 4.0
Message-ID:  <392D4E6B.FAEC9870@i-clue.de>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005241642060.13522-100000@epsilon.lucida.qc.ca>

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Matt Heckaman wrote:

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> On Wed, 24 May 2000, Troy Settle wrote:
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> : You sure you want UUNut?  For a startup, I would reccomend you go with a
> : regional ISP that has several transit providers.  This gives you the
> : advantages of multi-homing without the cost, and a smaller organization to
> : deal with on support issues, etc..
>
> I'm not sure on how it is in the US, but here in Canada UUnet, at least
> from my expierence, is quite a nice operation. We've got a single T1 to
> UUnet Canada in Montreal. Their service is complete and fairly quick, I
> never get put on hold for too long, and they even filter DoS attacks
> within a nice 10-15 minute amount of time. Maybe it's different in the US,
> who knows, but over here UUnet is a recommend choice from me :)

I second this opinion: If you got servers and leased lines across country
borders, UUNet is a top quality provider. Having one shop to blame when
something does not work instead of two local line providers along with two
different hosting providers is worth UUnuts price tag.

-Christoph Sold



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