Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 02:08:20 -0400 (EDT) From: spork <spork@super-g.com> To: Jan Knepper <jan@smartsoft.cc> Cc: thomas@hentschel.net, FreeBSD-ISP@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Startup FreeBSD ISP host. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.10005050158050.9442-100000@super-g.inch.com> In-Reply-To: <390F5F11.736114D5@smartsoft.cc>
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Take a quick peek at dslreports.com... They can qualify you through a
number of dsl providers. Covad is reporting your address as "not found",
which sounds like an error. If you don't get a response on dslreports,
try putting in a neighboring address to see what you get. You appear to
be about 20.000 feet out from your CO. This is close enough to get IDSL
and you may even qualify for a low speed SDSL circuit.
I think Covad has your CO lit, and there should be a number of local ISPs
ready to serve you. Keep in mind IDSL is 144K that is always on and
flat-billed, so it's a nice step up from ISDN. Also, do you need more
than 144K? We have a number of customers with 10-12 person offices with
192K SDSL, and they are hosting mail servers and small web servers on
these lines while using it for access...
It sounds like you need to find a quality, economical ISP near you. Steer
clear of Bell Atlantic, they haven't really learned the internet yet.
Even if you do end up going frame relay, look for an isp that will make a
deal that includes:
-telco charges
-bandwidth charges
-hosting for X number of sites
-dns hosting
Someone should be able to provide this for less than $600/mo.
As for your mail server/firewall, as someone else said, look for a local
FBSD guru who'll set it up for a one-time charge...
good luck,
Charles
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Charles Sprickman
spork@super-g.com
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ruin it with a few well-placed idiots."
On Tue, 2 May 2000, Jan Knepper wrote:
> I live in Southern New Jersey (Cape May County). I though there are ways to look that
> up from the zipcode, but I guess (since I do not know where to find that) other don't
> know either. <grin>
>
> IDSL 144k up/down isn't going to do much if I already have 128k up/down right? Or is
> 144K just for one B-channel?
> I checked, but (I)DSL is not available in this area yet. Well not as "local call"...
> ISDN however is... No cable modem either... Yeah, it's really in the middle of
> nowhere. That's also why I asked ba-dsg.com what is really included for that $887.25 a
> month...
>
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