[geeks] going over the cliff

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Sandwich Maker wrote:
> a week ago i learned that gis.net, the isp i've been with for 15 years
> is closing shop in about 3 weeks, leaving me to scramble for a
> replacement.
>
> they currently give me a static ip and a dns record for my domain
> pointing to it, with an alternate mailhost for when mine's
> unreachable, and they also handle the modem, redirecting port 25 to
> a static ip within my nat.  finally, they team with another vendor to
> supply voip phone, but they're closing too.
>
> a not-completely-dark spot - they farmed their dsl business out to
> dslextreme a year or 2 ago, so i won't necessarily drop off the net
> completely, but despite their website dslx says they can't provide me
> a static ip here [galaxy does it with a vpn to their loc], and their
> idea of 'domain' seems to equate to 'hosted website'.
>
> so far, all the dsl providers i've been able to find either are out of
> business, don't cover me, or merged...  verizon, the real provider,
> has alarming prices.  voip looks -a-little- better, but not much - the
> companies i've heard of are at the expensive end.
>
> i'm in ma, 01835.  anyone have any advice or recommendations?

FiOS not available yet?

Peace...  Sridhar