[Novalug] ISPs

[Roger W. Broseus]

Nino,

(See spam discussion below)

Take the easy way out and go either cable or Verizon. I just use these 
services as a pipe to the Net and my web site and email is hosted 
elsewhere. My history has been:
speakeasy - they could never get a connection going.

    * covad - same thing
    * Verizon DSL - I left them when the forced us to have a verizon
      reply-to to use their smtp
    * Comcast cable - rate creep forced me to switch again recently
    * Verizon DSL (!) - they gave me $$ to leave comcast and no longer
      have the above restriction

Verizon's tech support has improved over the years - most times they can 
speak clear English and are technically savvy enough to solve problems - 
like poor instructions in the box on how to hook up to the net and get a 
connection going. Remarkably, the up/down speed is better than with 
cable. I think this is partially due to the better DNS servicing, a 
problem with comcast in my area.

Now if you need to have a HOST for your email and / or web site, it's up 
to others to talk about the quality of the service at Verizon and/or 
Comcast - I just use their smtp servers for outgoing mail.

SPAM: several of my emails, smtp'ed thru Verizon, have bounced, labeled 
as spam by netacc.net! When I sent to the same address using Gmail's 
smtp servers, same problem. I called the receiver's isp and, miracles of 
miracles, they actually answered the phone! They said they'd been having 
problems with THEIR spam filters - assumedly they were 
overly-aggressive. I had the same problem when servage.net hosted my 
email and provided smtp services for web-based email. Their smtp server 
for web-based email was black listed by spamhaus and they could not get 
unlisted and refused to change the i.p. address to solve the problem.

So I switched hosting to highly rated bluehost.com - humans answer the 
phone there. In response to one request, they upped my outgoing quota 
for email to 300 per day so my emails to a club would not get trapped in 
their anti-spammer controls, and, on-the-spot while I was on the phone. 
It goes without say that they are Linux savvy.

So, it might be that speakeasy's spam filtration problem is short-term, 
as it seems was the case for netacc.net - but who knows. I shied away 
from speakeasy because there are too many places for them to point 
fingers, e.g., to Verizon who supplies the dsl line, covad, etc.

Roger W. Broseus - Linux User
    Email: RogerB at bronord.com
    Web Site: www.bronord.com



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> Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:14:53 -0500
> From: "Joseph Brinkley" <brinkley.joseph at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Novalug] Interesting Case for mini-itx/dtx box
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> Will you can find 2 atoms @ 1.6GHZ
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> On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 6:57 PM, Ken Kauffman <kkauffman at headfog.com> wrote:
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>> So what's the hottest in Mini ITX CPU power these days?
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>> K
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>> On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 14:02, Raul Parra <raul.parra at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Looks cool - could easily support a SMB w/ various services
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>>> On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Jay Hart <jhart at kevla.org> wrote:
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>>>> http://usa.chenbro.com/corporatesite/products_detail.php?serno=100
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>>>> Jay
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