Relocating to Toronto

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 10:38:29AM -0300, Tim Goodaire wrote:
> I've just taken a new job in Toronto, and will be moving there from
> Halifax around the beginning of October. I will be attending TLUG
> meetings, and look forward to meeting you all.

Maybe one of these years I will get around to attending one.

> I'm looking for some information, before I move to Toronto. I would like
> to know what my options are for ISPs, and which ones you folks
> recommend. In particular, do you know if any of them block port 25? All
> of the ISPs here in Halifax do, which is rather annoying if you're a
> geek who wants to run their own mailserver at home. What about
> connection speeds? Customer service?

I believe sympatico blocks port 25.  I think rogers has their user IPs
in most blackists for sending mail, so I guess that works about the same
as blocking port 25.

> Also, I'm looking for a decent place to buy new and used computer gear.
> Preferably, some place with knowlegable staff, and good prices.

Well I use istop.  I have never talked to the staff so I have no idea
how knowledgeable they are, although their web site claims they support
Linux (and maybe BSD too, I don't remember).

Price is good ($30/month for up to 3Mbit), assuming you get your own
modem.  My personal service is pretty lousy, but what can you do when
your phone line is a piece of junk in and old appartment building.  For
my parents the service is quite good, with most problems caused by a
crashing linksys router and occationally by the speedstream 5260 modem
crashing.

Lennart Sorensen
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