[oclug]ISPs

[Brad Barnett]

On Sun, 3 Nov 2002 12:21:27 -0500 (EST)
Phil Tanguay <ptanguay at magma.ca> wrote:

> On Sun, 3 Nov 2002, Brad Barnett wrote:
> > However, if you're working on a remote box, and enter one of these
> > periods of instability... well.. that's true pain.  The sort of pain
> > that makes you think of inflicting pain upon helpless creatures.
> 
> Which begs the question : if it's so upsetting, why not spend the extra
> $10-$15 a month for magma, and live happily ever after ?  I mean, we're
> not talking about DSL ($50) vs T1 ($1500) here...  We're talking $15 at
> the most- seems to me it's a wise investment to avoid most/all the
> trouble.
> 

Actually, I want to do just that.  The problem is, they want $15 / month
per static IP, and they will only give out two.  I want three.  That's
$45/month, if I can talk them into those three!  While they do offer free
12am to 7am transfers, they do charge $8/GIG otherwise. 

Very expensive.  I can probably live around the bandwidth costs, but the
IPs... maybe not.

> Not to say they don't have the occasional problem, of course, but I've
> been with them for 4-5 years now, and I couldn't be happier.  I feel
> it's money well spent.
> 

I agree, that's why I used them as the comparator.