The 5GB/month cutoff would be a bit of a damper there... – S
-----Original Message----- From: Tomas L. Byrnes <t...@byrneit.net> Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 12:58 To: Matthew Black <bl...@csulb.edu>; chaim.rie...@gmail.com <chaim.rie...@gmail.com>; Jay Hennigan <j...@west.net> Cc: nanog@nanog.org <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: RE: What to do when your ISP off-shores tech support Sounds like a business opportunity to me. Given any thought to Sprint EV-DO? >-----Original Message----- >From: Matthew Black [mailto:bl...@csulb.edu] >Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 10:02 AM >To: Tomas L. Byrnes; chaim.rie...@gmail.com; Jay Hennigan >Cc: nanog@nanog.org >Subject: Re: What to do when your ISP off-shores tech support > >On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 09:51:41 -0800 > "Tomas L. Byrnes" <t...@byrneit.net> wrote: >> Cox Communications has fully on-shore support. Here in SD they are >> actually LOCAL. >> >> Their TS staff are responsive and courteous. I only wish their network >> were more reliable. (They're better than SBC in my experience, >however.) > > >In Verizon land, residential customers do not have >CLEC voice or DSL alternatives. We do not have Cox. >Our area is served by Charter Communications who has >the broadband cable monopoly. Verizon has the fiber >monopoly with their FIOS. AT&T fiber is not possible >in Verizon land. Nobody competes against Verizon for >residential service in Southern California. However, >Charter cable customers can get dial tone and data >services. > >matthew black >e-mail postmaster > >bargaining unit 9 representative >csueu chapter 315 > >network services BH-188 >california state university, long beach >1250 bellflower boulevard >long beach, ca 90840-0101 > >work phone: 562-985-5144
