[SGVLUG] DSL referral

[Jess Bermudes via SGVLUG]

I've been a happy customer for almost 10 years but I was annoyed that for
their uverse type offering I had to use their modem. The one they provide
doesn't offer true bridge mode so I have to have my own open wrt router set
up more complicated than I would like.

I should probably investigate what their response to the chages in net
neutrality is,  but I would hope they've kept their business model as being
more open than AT&T and others.

On Wed, Sep 5, 2018, 4:43 PM Dustin Laurence via SGVLUG <sgvlug at sgvlug.net>
wrote:

> AT&T has courted me in the past, but they insisted I could have an outage
> as long as five days during the changeover.  Between that and the fact that
> they want to get a slice of the cable cash cow and don't really care about
> just internet, and the less favorable contract, I always decline.  I am not
> interested in any tv plan except a la carte, and that isn't where the money
> is.
>
> Dustin
>
> On Sep 5, 2018 4:31 PM, Shang-Lin Chen via SGVLUG <sgvlug at sgvlug.net>
> wrote:
>
> I used DSLExtreme for a while. The service was good while I had it, but
> getting it installed in my apartment was a pain because of the apartment's
> phone lines. When I moved apartments, it was impossible to set up --
> DSLExtreme said the apartment's maintenance had to do something with the
> phone box, but it was actually AT&T who did work on the box, and they
> refused to do anything. Coincidentally, AT&T often holds promotions at my
> apartment building and offers discounts.
>
> I've ended up on AT&T U-Verse after frustration with Spectrum's poor
> service.
>
> Shang-Lin
>
> On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 1:08 PM Cheryl Johnson via SGVLUG <
> sgvlug at sgvlug.net> wrote:
>
> DSLExtreme gave me the modem...
> You maybe have to return it. Recently they sent me an upgrade, new modem.
> I guess my 20 year old borrow from them was causing them static :) They
> asked for the old one in return...
> Cheri
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Claude Felizardo via SGVLUG <sgvlug at sgvlug.net>
> *To:* SGVLUG Discussion List. <sgvlug at sgvlug.net>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 05, 2018 9:16 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [SGVLUG] DSL referral
>
> I used DSLExtreme after AT&T for a while until my kids started college and
> complained about the slow speeds at home so I went the cable route until
> the the promo expired then went with a different provider.  Otherwise I was
> happy with DSLExtreme as well.
>
> Does anyone know if the AT&T 2-wire 2701HG-B modem with wireless will work
> with DSLExtreme?  I seem to recall having a modem from them but I'm not
> finding it so I'm guessing I might have returned it.  They are offering a
> free modem but not sure if it has wireless and they would charge for
> shipping.  Again, my mother-in-law doesn't need the latest modem as she's
> replacing a dial-up configuration.
>
> So it turns out my wife already ordered, don't know if they'll accept the
> referral but I asked her to give them a call.
>
> Claude
>
>
> Dustin Laurence via SGVLUG <sgvlug at sgvlug.net>
> September 5, 2018 at 7:19 AM
> I've had dslextreme for decades.  The few times I've called tech support
> were the most pleasant tech support experiences I've had.  My original
> reason for choosing them ages ago was that they had the most friendly
> contact available--a refund option if I didn't get at least half the
> nominal speed, and there wasn't a hidden data cap.  They explicitly said I
> could run a public server for all they cared, as long as they didn't detect
> an open mail relay.
>
> I'm dllaurence if the referral is still up for grabs.
>
> Dustin
>
>
> Claude Felizardo <cafelizardo at gmail.com>
> September 4, 2018 at 11:09 PM
> Looking to get the lowest price internet connection for my
> mother-in-law in Monrovia. She doesn't need speed, just needs to
> replace a dialup connection that is being discontinued at the end of
> the month.
>
> Best price so far is DSLExtreme. My wife will be ordering something
> tomorrow so I'm checking to see if any of the old DSL modems I found
> in the cabinet still work and was thinking I should see if anyone here
> on the mailing list wanted a referral. Send me your account name and
> I'll see if I can get it accepted.
>
> Also let me know if you want to get rid of a compatible DSLExtreme
> modem in case the ones I have don't work anymore.
>
> thanks,
> Claude
>
>
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://sgvlug.net/pipermail/sgvlug/attachments/20180905/e725f539/attachment.html>