[oclug] Ottawa DSL providers - Recommendations requested

[Dave O'Neill]

On Wed, 8 Aug 2001 MichaelWalma at netscape.net wrote:

> I am shortly going to be trying to connect a Linux based home network
> to the net via DSL and I am looking for recommendations on Ottawa
> service providers.  One constraint I have is that I want to host my
> own domain, and do my own web and email serving, which violates the
> terms and conditions of some providers and also requires a static IP.

Well, I have my home DSL through Magma, and have had no problems.   It's a
bit more expensive than Sympatico (I pay about $70/month including modem
rental, static IP, and taxes) but it's reliable, and I don't get hassled
about running Linux or running servers.

I've also heard reasonably good things about iStop.com's DSL service,
though I have no experience with it.  They've recently upgraded their
backbone connection and are still working out the kinks, but they should
have that straightened out soon enough.

-dave0
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