Re: [PLUG] DCAnet dropping DSL

[Fred Stluka <fred@bristle.com>]

Doug,

I gave up my home servers a couple years ago and went with
virtual servers in the Amazon Web Services cloud.  Advantages:
- Much cheaper:  $15/month total instead of $120/month for
   just the DSL line, plus costs of server, UPS, etc.
- Much faster:  Amazon connection speeds instead of just 768K.

I can login as root, configure the servers as I like, etc., so it's
just like having physical servers.

--Fred
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On 7/23/12 2:10 AM, Doug Crompton wrote:
> I received a surprizing but not totally unexpected letter from DCAnet that
> effective October 1st they are dropping DSL services as Verizon is
> dropping support and provisioning of DSL for them. It also goes on to
> mention that this is in spite of their regulatory requirment to do so.
>
> I have been a longtime customer of DCAnet and they have been a good
> provider all these years. For me it is a sad day and I need to decide in
> what direction I am going to go. Not that there is much choice!
>
> I have run my own domains and Linux server (mail, web, DNS, etc.) since
> the early 90's. DCAnet supplied static IP's and very reliable
> connectivity.
>
> I am curious if ther are others out there that still like to do there own
> thing or is this now a thing of the past? I know I coud get static IP from
> other providers and I could continue DSL from Verizon but the static IP
> packages are very expensive. I do not need speed. My 4 Meg DSL has served
> me well.
>
> I am sure there are other who have face or are facing this dilemma. Any
> recomenations?
>
> Doug
>
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