Commonsensia
@bellsouth.net
| Bellsouth/ATT
ROFLMAO, I am one of those that tried cable, after using bellsouth, mostly because it was new here and I figured I would have most of the pipe to myself "Small Country Community" the speeds promised never occurred, and was continuously dropping and reconnecting causing my personal network to have fits. I had the Bellsouth Xtreme before changing and I got 5.5 to 6 almost all the time. The cable promised 8 and I never topped 5.1, and I am less then 100 yards from one of the cable line booster. Which by the way the cable servicemen stated would make it seem like I was in the next room from there main trunk.
So personally I absolutely love Bellsouth, support has always been great, but keep in mind if I get a foreigner on the phone I immediately request an American Technician, which they will provide simply by asking.
Lastly as for the mail, as was stated in one of the replies it is in their terms of service that port 25 is blocked along with a few others, but there is a very simply and easy fix by using one of the portal sites on the net like NO-IP.com, DYDNS and so forth not only give you the mail port but the ability to use any of your own domain names.
So before you knock a site for doing something that is common practice for most of the large providers.
The only grip I have is with the new AT&T's new Internet Security Suite, the dang thing has a limit of about 3 or 4 per account, and there is 5 PC's and 2 laptops.
"BUT"
The cable company just finished running brand new Fiber Optic lines here so I may have to give them another chance, but know that fiber can offer up to 40+ MBPS as Verizon is doing I may wait for them to get with the real program.
Happy Holidays All! |
