[Cialug] Iowa Telecom and Qwest

[david l goodrich]

> cable really doesnt have lag if you have a good install. if you are there
> for the installation and make sure they dont half ass it then you should
> be
> good. according to my cablemodems logs i've had ~2.1% downtime in the last
> 3
> years, mostly from storms that knocked the power out in my neighborhood.
> and
> hell i get 8mbps down/512 kbps up now which is more than enough for any
> type
> of application. granted this was implemented while im over here in iraq
> and
> all i can see is what i use in ssh but from what i've seen it is going at
> the prescribed speeds and my wife has never had any complaints. i would
> never suggest to host anything on it, of course(same would go for DSL).

Why wouldn't you host anything off it?  I've got a 1.5Mbit/768Kbit up/down
DSL link from internetsolver with a /29 netblock.

My webservers are hosted off that link, and I'm perfectly comfortable with
it.  I'm adding a VPN server sometime this week.  Why shouldn't I be doing
this?
  --david


>
>
>
> On 4/4/07, Jim Cole <jrcole at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I have an IowaTelecom Business Line/DSL Line and it's running about
>> $99/month for the DSL. I'm in Nevada. I've thought about looking at
>> Mediacom
>> but the prospect of downtime or lag kills it.
>>
>> -Jim
>>
>>