[Discuss] Local ISP Recommendations?

IngeGNUe ingegnue at riseup.net
Wed Jan 20 00:56:07 EST 2016


For those that live in the right areas of Boston, netBlazr has lots of
positive reviews. Unfortunately for me, they didn't cover my area.

On 01/18/16 15:45, Bill Bogstad wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 10:10 AM, Kent Borg <kentborg at borg.org> wrote:
>> I am looking for ISP recommendations. In Somerville.
>>
>> ....
>>
>> Suggestions?			
> 
> You seem to want unfiltered IP access and good bandwidth in a
> residential setting.   In general, that doesn't seem
> to be available.  My suggestion is to buy your bandwidth and
> unfiltered IP access from different sources.
> i.e. Go with whatever residential service gives you the bandwidth you
> want at a good price and then run a VPN over that to someplace that
> will give you unfiltered IP access with whatever number of static
> addresses you want.
> For bandwidth, your choices seem to be Comcast and RCN.   For VPN
> service, you might consider one of those
> services that let people avoid geo-restrictions on web sites or try a
> DIY setup via a hosting service that gives you full OS & Internet
> access with real IP addresses. My guess is this will easily cost more
> than $100 a month.
> 
> Good Luck,
> Bill Bogstad
> 
> 
> 
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -kb, the Kent who wishes Google Fiber would come to town, or our
>> aren't-I-so-terribly-hip Mayor Curtatone would find us some good bits.
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