[nylug-talk] Broadband withIP addresses

[Henning Follmann]

On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 03:39:35PM -0500, Ruben Safir wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 01:25:52PM -0500, Henning Follmann wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 01:19:00PM -0500, Ron Guerin wrote:
> > > Ruben Safir wrote:
> > > > I'm blowing through the top of my upload ability with my 1.1 SDSL connection
> > > > from covad and looking for some new solutions.  Anyone know of anything
> > > > in the $200.00/mnt price range that includes stat IP addresses?
> > > 
> > > You could look into that Verizon fiber service.  They probably won't 
> > > give static IP without business class service though.
> > > 
> > > - Ron
> > 
> > Yes I have that 20/5 FIOS for $120 with 5 usable static IPs.
> > It's cheap and so far I am having no problems with them.
> > 
> > But it's NJ no idea about BRKLN
> 
> 
> thanks.  The only problem here is that I'd rather choke on a chicken
> bone and die than use Verizon..
> 
> those SOB's have been choking off the NYC economy for more than a decade
> with their refusal to open up OUR infrastructure.  First they install
> fiber everywhere, and then they refuse to sell the bandwidth.  Then
> they get this crackpot idea to rip up all the fiber and sell DSL.
> 
> They can scraatch my tush.
> 


Fair enough, I am almost with you on that, but after paying several
years for T1 I needed a break.

But I still have the idea of running a community based ISP where I live.
Areal feed fibre could be less than $800 / houshold and shared service
could be less than $20 a month.

Henning
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