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[David Minton <david AT designhammer.com>]

The only downside I have seen with RoadRunner is the very asymmetrical
throughput (up to 350KB/sec down but only about 35KB/sec up) and they do not
permit serving of any kind, even on business class.

The shortcoming I have not seen is that it is more of a LAN rather than a
direct connection to the ISP the way DSL is. The bandwidth upstream is
shared with the other subscribers in the "neighborhood" and you need to be
more aware of security concerns. In theory (and I guess in practice) the
more users on your network segment, the lower the available bandwidth. I
have not seen this yet, since my RoadRunner installer told me that I am the
only user on my segment (mine is the only house connected to the nice green
box on the corner).

I have been happy with RoadRunner so far, but your mileage may vary.

David

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David Minton - Managing Partner
DesignHammer Media Group, LLC
www.designhammer.com
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On 7/11/01 8:46 AM, "Michael S Czeiszperger" <czei AT webperformanceinc.com>
wrote:

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>> Hi, folks -
>> 
>> The Wife just found out that the provider for her DSL service at the
>> office (BlueStar) has gotten gobbled up (or something) by COVAD -- and
>> they're not offering DSL to her location anymore. She needs new service.
>> 
>> Question: Who else in the Raleigh area provides DSL? She called EarthLink
>> and was astounded to find that they offer business DSL in Rocky Mount and
>> Fayetteville, but not in Raleigh.
>> 
> 
> For a small office I'd recommend Time Warner Cable's internet connection.
> I've tried several different DSL providers, and didn't have success with any

> of them. Most couldn't get it working at all, and while BellSouth did get a
> DSL line working for a while, their technical and customer service are the
> worst I've ever seen. They don't have a clue that businesses are depending 
> on
> DSL, and have no business class service available. If you experience
> problems, and if you don't have any technical problems they're likely to 
> just
> turn it off randomly like they did mine. Once you have a problem, its 
> several
> days before they can do anything.
> 
> I'm sure Time Warner's response time isn't any better, as their cable modem
> service is also a consumer service, i.e. no 24/7 support, I've found them to
> be more reliable, and at least won't just turn your service off with no
> warning and no explanation.
> 
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> Michael S Czeiszperger
> czei AT webperformanceinc.com
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