[vox] DSL Recommendation?

[Christopher James McKenzie]

Multiple static IP addresses under AT&T will require a special magic 
modem from them.  I recommend against it - highly.  Use virtual hosts, 
port forwarding, whatever you can. AT&T will break, as if planned all 
along, any bell or whistle they try to sell you

About the business practices - yes yes yes - it's true - AT&T and 
Verizon are the Coca-Cola and Bechtel of the telcom world - but as was 
posted on slashdot yesterday, $10 dsl?  Too tempting for me.

Richard S. Crawford wrote:
> On Monday 18 June 2007 16:23:20 Bill Kendrick wrote:
>> I always highly recommend Sonic.net.  I know they go as far as Davis,
>> but cannot guarantee they service Sacramento.  (Honestly, though, I think
>> they can do DSL pretty much anywhere the phone company can wire it.)
> 
> It looks like Sonic.net is available in the area we'll be moving to, and they 
> offer static IP addresses for a pretty competitive rate; more expensive than 
> AT&T but significantly cheaper than other providers I've seen.  Their most 
> basic static IP account includes 4 static IP addresses, though, and since I 
> have a router, I can't imagine what I would ever do with more than one.
> 
> AT&T's reliability and uptime has been remarkable, but support stinks (I'm 
> always entirely on my own when it comes to networking questions and so on).  
> I am, however, pretty disturbed by some of their business practices, and 
> would rather not give them my money if I can avoid it.
>