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Re: [PLUG] University city high speed internet
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Since the summer, the Verizon contractors spent about three months
tinkering with the fiber at my apartment complex in Lansdale, after
putting up flyers stating that it would only take a few weeks. They put
a junction box into the ground, right next to the creek that floods
with any half-decent rainstorm. The box has already been ripped out of
the ground once.
This does not give me warm-and-fuzzy feelings when it comes to their
tech know-how or the survivability of their service. I still don't know
if the system is live or not, which puts their marketting into question
as well. I'm irked enough with Comcast (we use their digital cable and
broadband services) to dump them, but I'm not convinced that Verizon
will be any better.
Has anyone heard anything definitive about Verizon's port restrictions?
I recall hearing that Verizon will block useful server ports, such as
http, https and ssh. I realize that I can get apache, ssh, etc. to use
other ports, but I don't want to have to play such a dumb game. Plus I
don't know what other ports I might want to use in the future (VPN?).
-- d
On 12/22/06, bergman@merctech.com <bergman@merctech.com> wrote:
In the message dated: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 05:35:25 EST,
The pithy ruminations from Matt Ayres on
<Re: [PLUG] University city high speed internet> were:
=>
=>
=> Jonathan Bringhurst wrote:
=> > I'm in the market for getting some sort of DSL or cable (no dial up,
=> > and using an open wireless AP is annoying) for my apartment right near
=> > Clark Park (by 43rd and Baltimore near university city).
Thanks for asking here, and I'm really glad to see so many responses, since I'm
seeking something similar for Manayunk.
=> >
=>
=> See if you can get FIOS. www.verizon.com/fios. Also, you don't need
Wouldn't that be nice...
=> cable TV to get cable internet service, but there is a small surcharge.
Ha! If by "small" you mean 200%! For example, Comcast is running a
special...high speed internet (3Mbs/down, about 4x faster than typical "high
speed" consumer DSL) for the first 6 months (then going up in price). However,
if you don't have cable TV service, the price is $57.95/mo.
I'm anxiously seeking a broadband solution for myself in Manayunk.
Verizon insists that they won't sell me a dry loop DSL plan, but they'll be glad
to sell DSL and landline telephone... I dislike paying for a landline that I'll
never use (I haven't had a landline in ~3 years) and getting slow DLS (768Kb/s).
I've already got a contract for Dish Network TV (with a $$$ early termination
clause) because Comcast didn't serve our block in August when we moved in, so
getting cable TV service is redundant.
Personally, I'm really sorry that closednetworks.com
is out of business (and
their replacement isn't taking residential customers).
=> Both options will get you much faster than DSL for DSL-esque prices, the
=> FIOS more ok for running a small server.
I thought that FIOS (unavailable in my area) was about $79~$119/mo, before you
start adding in TV/voice/etc. over glass.
Mark
=>
=> Regards,
=> Matt
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