Ok, I gotta get my .02c in too... I really dig iphouse.com they are really linux friendly have no restrictions, come default with a static IP and work with just about any last mile DSL provider (qwest for example). They only issue is that Qwest charges the same whether you use them for ISP or not, so basically I have to pay an extra 20$ a month for the ISP on top of my 44$ a month making it pretty expensive for a 7Mb DSL service. But it is pretty sweet speed wise. Do know that some ISPs do not do just port filtering but also do rate limiting and traffic shaping. So you may still be able to do certain things but they may get limited down during high use periods or possibly could be given very selective amounts of bandwidth. Some ISPs do this to restrict over vendor's VOIP offerings without actually blocking them. --j Justin Krejci wrote: > On Friday 07 July 2006 10:20 pm, Jordan Peacock wrote: > >> Hello all >> >> We're moving house soon and will be looking for an ISP at our new >> place. Currently my wife's parents have Frontier, but most of these >> come best in packages (phone/cable/internet) and we won't be using the >> first two at all. >> >> We're looking for a high-speed solution, and I'd rather not have to >> deal with ISP-imposed handicaps on use. (what programs are/aren't >> allowed, etc) >> >> What would you recommend? For features? For price? Both (ideally)? >> What has been your personal experience? >> >> Looking forward to hearing your responses. >> >> -jordan >> >> > > If you have Qwest phone service in the area then you can get just about any > local ISP for a DSL provider and Qwest has been offering naked dsl where you > don't need subscribe to their phone service, just DSL over the phone line. > > As to finding a local ISP, I am partial to US Internet since I work there. I > have had 0 ISP problems. :) > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >