Re: Choice of ISP

["Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS" <user=91@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 07:43:05PM -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote: 
> On Sun, 2008-05-18 at 00:10 -0400, Ruben Safir wrote: 
> > > 
> > > Wasn't any flame-fest that I saw. You gave a 5-word reply that was a bit 
> > > lacking on explanation, 
> > 
> > 
> > My appologies.  This is a fairly suficated group and I'd assued that this 
> > commonly known history was universal here. 
> 
> Thanks much for the history lesson, I lived on the west coast until 
> about 2 years ago, blissfully ignorant of anything Verizon may or may 
> not have done in the past. Until very recently, the only Verizon 
> presence in Seattle was as a cell phone provider (FiOS is in the Seattle 
> area now too). 
> 
> > PS - If I was running a server that far out, I'd probably opt for some 
> > dedicated line like a T1. 
> 
> See, now, I have a friend with a T1 line in rural Washington, who would 
> *love* to get FiOS if it were available there -- I pay about 1/5 what he 
> does for more than 13x the incoming bandwidth and more than 3x the 
> outgoing bandwidth. If someone like speakeasy were an option, I'd 
> consider them, but I think I'll stick with FiOS for now, despite their 
> questionable actions... :) 
>