[dorkbotpdx-blabber] best internet service provider?

[Jared Boone]

I've been with EasyStreet over Verizon (Beaverton) or Qwest (NE  
Portland) DSL for nearly ten years now and I've been happy. That is,  
as long as I don't need to call Verizon/Qwest technical support... The  
support staff's understanding of third-party ISP configuration is  
almost non-existent. There's one woman with Qwest in Utah who knows  
her stuff. Everyone else blindly reads from a script. EasyStreet  
support staff is very skilled and can often twist the right screws for  
you if Qwest isn't being responsive enough.

I second what Don had to say about Qwest making more of an effort to  
block government intrusion, and I'd expect EasyStreet to do so as well.

I have recently observed EasyStreet downplaying their residential  
device, so I fear they may be trying to get out of offering that  
service. I hope if you decide to use EasyStreet as your ISP, that  
they're still an option.

         - Jared

On Jul 7, 2008, at 10:48 PM, Matthew White <mtw at vne.net> wrote:

> I've been using EasyStreet DSL for about 5 years now.  No problems  
> at all.
>
> -mtw
>
> On Mon, Jul 07, 2008 at 05:48:08PM -0700, Simran Gleason (fermatslasttheremin at yahoo.com 
> ) wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hello dorks,
>> I just moved to portland (well, just finished buying a house.  
>> haven't quite moved yet),
>> and need to get it set up with hot & cold running bits.
>>
>> What's the best internet provider? Speakeasy. qwest, verizon,  
>> comcast? others?
>> Do you have any horror storrrries to warn us away from any of them?
>> Warmfuzzyohyeah recommendations?  Are there small local companies  
>> that do a good job
>> of competing with the big bandwidth-limiters?
>>
>> We're in SE (very S, medium E).
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Simran
>>
>>
>>
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