[SGVLUG] DSL Extreme Fusion -- was Re: ATT U-verse vs TimeWarner cable

[Scott Packard]

Last I checked, DSL Extreme buys blocks of DSL from Covad/Megapath, but
your tech support person is a DSL Extreme person.



On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 9:05 PM, John Kreznar <jek at ininx.com> wrote:

> In a posting purportedly from Claude Felizardo <cafelizardo at gmail.com>
> but lacking a digital signature, it is written:
>
> > Anyone have any comments on DSL Extreme?  Service?  Reliability?  Phone
> > service?
>
> DSL Extreme has provided fair service to this site since 2004.  Up-time
> probably easily exceeds 99%, though accurate records have not been kept.
> No phone service here from them.  AT&T provides underlying DSL service.
>
> The most serious issue was a weeks-long period of intermittent service
> in 2007 characterized by intermittent static on the voice channel and a
> positively weird interdependence between off-hook and DSL connection.
> Perfect setup for finger-pointing between AT&T and DSL Extreme.
>
> Up-sides
>
>    Trouble service can be done by email.
>
>    IP address can be static (and is, here).
>
>    No known port blocking, though opening SMTP port 25 both in and out
>    required request.  In constant use are 25 SMTP, 53 domain, 119 nntp.
>
>    Reverse DNS is switched on (by request) so, for example, a
>    destination MTA can't use this as an excuse to reject mail.
>
>    Some of their service people are noticeably less incompetent than,
>    say, a Charter sales droid (but it seems that no really competent
>    person takes this kind of work).
>
> Down-sides
>
>    They refuse to do encrypted email, even with customers.
>
>    They once breached their own privacy policy by allowing this site's
>    street address onto the Internet without encryption.
>
> --
> OpenPGP key: http://ininx.com
>  John E. Kreznar jek at ininx.com 9F1148454619A5F08550 705961A47CC541AFEF13
>
>
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