[geeks] going over the cliff

[Lionel Peterson]

Time to Move?!

Lionel

On May 31, 2013, at 4:25 PM, Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
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