I'd like to throw out this one, normally I wouldn't, but they've been a great company with excellent service. I first signed up with them 11-2002. They were the only company I could find with a dsl service (iDSL) that would reach me. The install wasn't the greatest, but that was mostly due to them using the local phone company (Qwest) to do most of the install. Words cannot describe how bad Qwest screwed up. They were constantly late in reporting back to Speakeasy, they hooked up the loopback box to the ceiling with tape (it fell down on my wifes head that same night), they were a total nightmare. Speakeasy made up for it though, they chewed Qwest out and had another tech out the very next day. Service wise, they were excellent. If they were doing work on their hardware that would affect the service in my area, they would send an email with the date, time, and estimated length of the outage two days ahead to let you know. I've never even even heard of an ISP doing that before. I mentioned that I was going to connect with Mandrake Linux to their service, and they said it was ok, and even offered support for setting up the static ip, kmail, evolution, and my browsers for accessing the web. They allowed services through, though they blocked POP and SMTP. Their rates seemed a little high, but most iDSLs are. If I was in range, they offer a 1.5/256 for $50, and others up to a 3.0/768 for $140. Each level of dsl service comes in 3 packages, the Classic pack for people who just want it to work, the Gamers pack has fewer hops to major gaming servers and priority routing, and a Sysadmin package that has a RPMFind mirror, and shell account. My iDSL was set with the Sysadmin pack. They are also coming out with a service that allows you to resell your connection to your neighbors with WiFi, and they will handle the billing for you. Overall, their service is great. Due to the high cost of the iDSL, I'm canceling and moving to Comcast cable. If anything ever changes so that they offer a comparable service to my area again, I would switch in a heartbeat. I wouldn't recommend them for the average Joe, but they are a great fit for the net-savvy Linux user, or someone looking to do some webhosting/connection sharing with some friends. Chris Frederick _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list