Relocating to Toronto

[William Park]

On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 10:38:29AM -0300, Tim Goodaire wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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?

Top 2 recommendable ISPs are
    - eol.ca -- dialup, DSL
    - istop.com -- dialup, DSL (the owner is a member of this list)
They don't care what you run, and don't block any outgoing/incoming
ports (as far as I'm aware).   Eol.ca is older than Istop.com.
I rarely speak to tech support, so can't really rate them. :-)


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

Used stuffs... you know that it's crap shoot, unless you know the
seller and his habits.  For retail stores,
    - www.pccanada.com (West end)
    - www.infonec.com (East end, outside of Toronto but in GTA)

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William Park <opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org>
Open Geometry Consulting, Toronto, Canada
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