Re: [Nolug] Cable vs DSL in New Orleans

John,
    Last time I heard, you can't have a static IP with Cox. There are
a number of small DSL providers, but I recommend you start with John
Souvestre, who's lurking on the NOLUG list. He's a small DSL provider,
www.sstar.com.
Dave Prentice
prentice@instruction.com

-----Original Message-----
From: John Nix <maximum@shreve.net>
To: nolug@joeykelly.net <nolug@joeykelly.net>
Date: Thursday, June 12, 2003 10:18 AM
Subject: [Nolug] Cable vs DSL in New Orleans
>
>I wanted to start a new thread because the Cox thread is getting a
little
>hostile. I'm moving to the New Orleans area (specifically the Irish
>Channel area) really soon and I'm not sure whether I should go with
Cox or
>a DSL provider. I've been through dslreports but a lot of the DSL
places
>on there have gone out of business.
>
>I'm looking to get information about throughput at off times and peak
>times, latency information, and how well support is handled. I
worked for
>a local ISP doing tech support and DSL installation when it became
>available here in Shreveport so I definitely know the advantages of a
>smaller company's support. I'm mainly looking at throughput and
latency.
>Also, all of my mail and web hosting is done off site and I ssh into
the
>box to use pine so I'm not concerned about the port blocking.
>
>I have all the DSL equipment if I chose to go that route, but with
Cable
>what type of equipment do I need for Cox? I was thinking about going
with
>a Cisco uBR924. Anything I should stay away from?
>
>Oh and I am going to need a static IP. Is that available from Cox?
>
>Thanks...
>
>John
>(who is still looking for a job in New Orleans)
>
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