tringali
@206.40.x.x
|  Great so far
I called up and ordered during the Verizon strike, and was not expecting anything to work quickly. I was surprised, they called me a week later, telling me Verizon did their stuff, and they came next Saturday to install.
Suggestion: run cat-5 from your location of choice down to where your phone interface is. Otherwise, they are just going to drill monstrous holes in your walls in places you don't like, instead of artfully snaking it through attic, basement, etc. But that's minor.
I wasn't able to ping anything until a few days later (Tues), so it seems they have a little ordering issues to clean up. Why come on Saturday if it's not ready?
One problem I'm having is that the firewall is *too* good. I can shell out to work, but I can't get back in to my Linux box. Also, I can't play any sort of online games, as it blocks all incoming traffic.
I'm still in the process of convincing them to give me the password to the DSLpipe (router/fw box they give you). I really would like to be able to configure the firewall myself so I don't have to call up each time I want to change things.
All in all, better than dial-up, but there's no other choice in my town. Pretty reliable so far, and I'm getting 100% the advertised bandwidth. |
