[svlug] DSL provider (raw bandwidth <-> pacbell?)

[Rafael]

On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, Erik Steffl wrote:

>   I've heard good things about raw bandwidth on this mailing list in the
> past (and today, in northpoint related message by Rick). If anybody has
> any experience I would appreciate comparison to pacbell - the price
> difference is $25/month (raw is more expensive) since pacbell doesn't
> charge anything for isp services (one year contract).
> 
>   Is it worth it to go with raw bandwidth? why? (I checked the
> dslreports.com)

I'm using their service since October of last year. There were very few
downtimes so far. They do depend on Pbell somewhat but the service is
acceptable considering the blackouts. I have friends using PacBell service
and they suffered 24 hours+ downtime more than once during same period.

 > 
> 	erik

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