[TriLUG] [OT?} Alternate ISP

[Brian McCullough]

On Tue, Sep 11, 2007 at 04:23:06AM -0700, Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Sep 2007, Jim Ray wrote:
> 
> > I used portbridge.com for many, many years (formerly ipass.net) and
> > enjoyed the fact that I talked to real, live local human beings when
> > necessary.
> 
> I used portbridge on your recommendation and was equally 
> happy with them. However they only did dial-up (I think they 
> were frozen out of DSL by the big boys) and when the time 
> came to go to DSL, I reluctantly had to drop portbridge.


They certainly claim to be offering DSL now, but, although I haven't
telephoned Portbridge yet, I seem to be noticing something.

The about $60 / month that I am currently paying Intrex for 256/128 is
very like what Speakeasy, as Warren suggested, is offering for their 
1.5/384 ( admittedly a step up ) service.  However, to step up one 
step with Speakeasy to 1.5/768, which is what they offer with the "free
hardware and installation", they want $80 per month!

So I guess what I am asking is this, is DSL priced so much higher than
Cable, and my $60 is a "reasonable" price, or are my service
expectations just unreasonable, or ???



Thanks,
Brian