[SLL] OT: alternative to MSN with Qwest [was: warning--Comcast opt out]

[Phil Mocek]

On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 01:17:47PM -0700, Clifford Snow wrote:
> Can you run a web site and email server with Qwest/MSN?  Right
> now I'm using a 3 party isp, but the way Qwest prices services,
> it cost double what the Qwest/MSN connection cost.

I originally sent the following go Glenn off-list, but with
Clifford's message, I believe it has become relevant to this
(off-topic) discussion.

The ISP I use with my Qwest circuit places no restrictions (aside
from, "don't do anything illegal") on what servers their customers
run, and they're very reasonably priced.  (And to tie it in a bit:
they'll will happily let you run Linux.)

Phil wrote to Glen earlier today:
>> As a satisfied two-year customer and acquaintance of some of
>> their staff, I'd like to direct your attention to Innovative
>> Access Washington (a.k.a. hemp.net).
>> 
>> For your 1.5Mbps connection, they charge about $20/mo on top of
>> Qwest charges (varies a bit depending on whether you pay
>> monthly, quarterly, yearly).  Their charge is the same for the
>> 5+Mbps service.  When I looked into it several years ago, this
>> was significantly lower than other ISPs' pricing.
>> 
>> They're very hands off ("do whatever you want with your service
>> as long as it's legal") and are not at all Windows-centric
>> (their systems run some flavor of BSD).  It's a tiny company,
>> so support doesn't always occur with the immediacy of a larger
>> one with a call center, but if you don't need hand-holding on
>> your end, there's really no support needed once your service is
>> turned up.  I had a little downtime last year when they
>> switched co-lo providers, but other than that it has been
>> smooth sailing.  A /29 block of static IP addresses is
>> available for an extra $5/mo, IIRC.
>> 
>> Also, they sue spammers!
>> 
>> <http://inwa.net/dsl/>
>> <http://hemp.net/dsl/>
>> 
>> (I know a guy there from his and my involvement with area drug
>> law reform activism.)

re: suing spammers: My friend at InWa is behind the "Zen and the
Art of Small Claims" site: <http://smallclaim.info/>

-- 
Phil Mocek