[olug] Basic cheap local hosting?

[Obi-Wan]

All the more reason to go with Internet Nebraska, even though the
actual circuit is owned by Qwest / Windstream.  They actually give
a rip about customer service, and they love Linux.

I requested PPPoE for my linux-based router/firewall at home, and
it was setup with no problems.

I don't know about Qwest vs Cox, but in Lincoln, DSL downstream is
just as fast as cable.  Upstream is slower than cable (768Kbps), but
I'll take that tradeoff for a cheap static IP address.

> If I plugged their DSL modem directly into my computer, it worked. Through
> my router it wouldn't. So I checked Google, and apparently Qwest uses
> PPPoE, and I needed to configure the PPPoE credentials in my router. So I
> contacted Qwest and they kept swearing up and down that Qwest doesn't use
> PPPoE and there were no credentials, except I could see in my DSL modem's
> configuration where there credentials were saved. I just couldn't see the
> password.
> 
> I fought with their support for a month. They insisted they didn't support
> people using home routers, and I also made the mistake of saying Linux when
> they asked me to do Windows troubleshooting. Then they stated definitively
> that they do not support Linux computers connecting to their internet. They
> refused to speak to me about getting my router working.
> 
> I never got it working fighting with their support for a month since they
> refused to give me the PPPoE credentials. And I believe where I live, they
> are the only DSL option.
> 
> On top of that, it is considerably slower than the similarly priced Cox
> offering.
> 
> I do get really fast downloads from Cox. My wife and I were both
> downloading the 38 GB SW:TOR clients at once and each were getting 2.0MB a
> second downloads.
> 
> On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Obi-Wan <obiwan at jedi.com> wrote:
> 
> > I'll third the use of your own server over a DSL line, ditching Cox
> > and their annoying port blocking.  Internet Nebraska offers a variety
> > of DSL options in the Qwest area:
> >        http://www.inebraska.com/dsl/
> >
> > I've been running my own servers at home with a static IP for about
> > ten years.  The flexibility is great, even if the upstream bandwidth
> > isn't.  I still run my high-traffic web sites elsewhere (the largest
> > of which is on IN's own web serer), but I can do all of my tinkering
> > and low-volume stuff at home.
> >
> > > I have a friend who owns a business and needed a Web site / E-Mail.  He
> > > also has a pretty fast DSL pipe going to his office.  I persuaded him
> > > that he could house a Linux box in his office to serve as his router,
> > > his E-Mail server, and his Web server; I am his tech support, and the
> > > price of my service is that he lets me put a couple low traffic Web
> > > sites on that server.  He saves money and gets better service plus
> > > attentive tech support; I get free server space and total control over
> > > the server; everybody wins.
> > >
> > > Using a Linux box for a combined router / mail server is actually pretty
> > > handy in a lot of ways.  Intraoffice E-Mail is lightning fast.  Outbound
> > > E-Mail is handed to the SMTP server almost immediately, and for that
> > > matter, by the time you become aware of incoming E-Mail, it's already on
> > > the LAN.  And whatever bottleneck there is on Web service because of
> > > slower up speeds, well, for small sites it's not much of an issue.
> >
> > --
> > Ben "Obi-Wan" Hollingsworth    obiwan at jedi.com    PrairieRimImages.com
> >   The stuff of earth competes for the allegiance I owe only to the
> >     Giver of all good things, so if I stand, let me stand on the
> >       promise that You will pull me through.  -- Rich Mullins
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Ben "Obi-Wan" Hollingsworth    obiwan at jedi.com    PrairieRimImages.com
   The stuff of earth competes for the allegiance I owe only to the
     Giver of all good things, so if I stand, let me stand on the
       promise that You will pull me through.  -- Rich Mullins