[svlug] @Home

[Dave Whitinger]

On 16 Nov, Rick Moen wrote:
> Me, I'd sooner be strapped into a chair and forced to listen to Osmond
> Family recordings all day than have _TCI_ as an Internet Service Provider.
> While having continuous root canals.

I have been using TCI's @Home service here in Dallas, TX since it came
to the area.  I have had two short periods of downtime since I started
(less than 2 hours down, once from a storm where my cable was out
anyway).

If I could go back and do it again, I would not change a thing.  I have
been completely satisfied with the service, and the speed is
incredible!  Download the latest kernel in less than a minute!

> What I would want in a provider, if I didn't have it as part
> of my living situation, is somebody who'd competently furnish bare
> IP connectivity and a static route to a class C, and otherwise stay 
> the hell out of my way.  @Home _definitely_ does not qualify.

@Home gives me an IP address, and stays out of my way.  They don't
block any ports (that I am aware of), and I don't have to use any of
their software.  Just ifconfig, route, and I'm on the internet just as
any other ISP.

Dave

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