[TriLUG] cheap ISP for low-bandwidth home use?

[Wes Garrison via TriLUG]

Time Warner sells a 2/1Mbps connection for $14.95/month.

Not sure that meets all your requirements.

-Wes

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Wesley S. Garrison
Network Engineer
Xitech Communications, Inc.
phone:  (919) 260-0803
pager:   (919) 869-1744
fax:       (919) 932-5051
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On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 4:13 PM, Igor Partola via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> I have never used it, but maybe the Super Dimensional Fortress can help?
> http://sdf.org/?join. Ctrl+F "DSL"
>
> Igor
>
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 4:01 PM, Tom Roche via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > What's the cheapest way to rent a Linux-compatible home internet
> > connection locally, now that FreedomPop's home service is going down?
> What
> > I mean, why I ask:
> >
> > When TWC/Roadrunner raised their internet-only price (~2012, IIRC), I
> > raised both middle fingers and switched to FreedomPop's 10 GB/mo
> > Sprint-4G-based home service (was 20 $/mo then, is now 24 $/mo). That
> > device (the FreedomPop Hub Burst) will EOS in a couple weeks, so I'm
> > looking for alternatives. Any recommendations? My requirements seem
> fairly
> > minor:
> >
> > * plays well with my (now-aging, but all up-to-date Debian) laptops and
> > WRT54GL router
> >
> > * is generally reliable. (FP typically only went down during major
> > thunderstorms.)
> >
> > * provides data quantity and rate greater than or equal to FP's 10 GB/mo
> > and 1-2 MB/s (actual).
> >
> > * zero or minimal bundling with other goods/services
> >
> > So I'd like to know what OP (if anyone on this list is as cheap as I am
> > :-) are doing for cheap internet access. Bridging off phones? Jumping
> from
> > one yearly teaser rate to another? Something Completely Different?
> >
> > TIA, Tom Roche <Tom_Roche at pobox.com>
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