[COLUG] Dry Loop DSL

[Mark Aufdencamp]

Not a Dry Line here, but I have an ADSL 768K/6M with a /29 block from
SBC.  I've had good experiences with mine.  I was even able to get my
reverse address space delegated back to my name servers.  This is really
necessary if you run your own mail server, as many large mail providers
do regex matching on the reverse lookup and won't accept connections
from reverse names with att in them:) (GoDaddy for example).

I've had TW circuits at clients and have experienced more circuit
downtime with them than with SBC.  Only real gotcha is when the tier one
neighborhood techs decide to kick start the DSLAM in the local cabinet
because they can't get someone in the neighborhood working.

Your Mileage varies dramatically based on the luck of the SBC tech draw.
 Get a good one or you have to manage it all yourself.

Mark Aufdencamp
Mark at Aufdencamp.com

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [COLUG] Dry Loop DSL
> From: Robert Grimm <robertgrimm at gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, July 06, 2008 1:42 pm
> To: Central OH Linux User Group <colug432 at colug.net>
> This is related to the recent AT&T discussion, but I want to focus on  
> DSL. I have no interest in TV. I plan on getting a cell phone through  
> them when my Sprint contract expires in December, but for now, I'm  
> only interested in dry loop DSL. That means DSL with no active voice  
> line.
> I have Road Runner through Insight. I'm the last house on the node. In  
> the six months I've had it, I've had to have technicians come out 4  
> times. Today, it is going in and out of periods of being nearly  
> unusably slow. I'm ready to drop the service as soon as I find a  
> reasonable replacement. I've been considering switching to AT&T DSL  
> for a while now. The problem with that is I don't have a phone line.  
> They offer dry loop DSL now, so I should be able to get service. Does  
> anyone have any experience with AT&T dry loop? Could I expect to be  
> considered a Untouchable in the AT&T caste support system? They claim  
> 6Mb downstream. Is that reasonable to expect?
> One problem I have had with AT&T is the SMTP blocking. I understand  
> that you can request they unblock it. Does anyone here have SMTP  
> blocking turned off with dry loop, or is that a service for their  
> mainstream customers? I have a shell script that tunnels SMTP over SSH  
> to a machine in a data center, but I don't want to have to do that. It  
> is convenient for sending mail from a coffee shop, but it would be  
> annoying it I had to use it for all mail from home.
> I've also looked into Wide Open West. They want $12 more per month for  
> service similar to what I am supposed to have with Insight, so that is  
> out. AT&T wants $40 per month for 6Mb down/768Kb up. That is faster up  
> than the $58 service from WOW, but slower up that their $64 service.  
> Download is the same for both.
> --
> Robert Grimm
> (614) 212-4625
> http://www.datablitz.net
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