OT: Internet at home without active phone line

[S P Arif Sahari Wibowo]

On Mon, 5 Jan 2009, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> Rogers mobile internet is an option.
> Some parts of toronto can have internet access via hydro's 
> wifi network.
> Some satelite providers might still exist.
> Some rural areas have special directional wifi services as 
> well.

So, for something in ADSL level of performance in Toronto suburb 
(Markham), it is only Rogers Cable or ADSL, right? :-)

BTW, I know someone who in-fact use satelite Internet. So it is 
still there. I heard his complains about how the connection gone 
when the weather is bad. :-)

> 3web and a few others can provide service over rogers cable in 
> some areas,

Ah, yes 3web still around. But I heard so many bad experiences 
about them, including some personal close friends. Are they any 
better now?

> Well rogers cable can be very fast (downstream).  Of course 
> there is the dynamic IP (although it rarely changes) and the 
> ban on running servers and such, which teksavvy doesn't have. 
> And you can get blocks of static IPs on teksavvy.

... and Rogers blocks SMTP port...

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