[Cialug] Question about going broadband in Des Moines...

[Jonathan Bailey]

I vote Marshallnet. They provide DSL service in the Des Moines. 
1.5/1.0Mbit for $48/mo (incl qwest). Never had a problem.



Jon

Renegade Muskrat wrote:

> I've also been a user of Freese Notis with Qwest providing the signal. 
> I've been using them for about 5 years without a problem. One thing i 
> like about Freese Notis is that they provide a static IP and don't 
> care if you run servers. At the time i started with Freese Notis there 
> weren't many other Linux friendly ISPs that i was aware of; i think 
> today there is more variety (some of which may be cheaper... Freese 
> Notis charges me $25/month).
>
> >I've been a user of Freese-Notis
> >http://www.internet.weather.net/dsl.html
> >for several years and have been pretty happy with them. No Winders at
> >home (heck, no Linux either, all BSD, OS X and VMS here) and I haven't
> >had a problem. It is Freese-Notis as the DSL ISP and Qwest as the
> >DSL signalling, so it depends on whether you can't get Qwest/Verizon
> >DSL
> >because their ISP side freaks out when you don't have Windows or if you
> >can't get it because their signalling side can't pump anything out to
> >you.
> >
> >--
> >Thomas L. Kula | tkula@io.com | http://www.madscientistresearch.net
> >Mathom House upon the Canw, The People's Republic of Ames
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