is anyone here using acanac.ca with linux ?

[Jamon Camisso]

Giles Orr wrote:
> 2009/6/29 E K <ekg_ab-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org>:
>>> On 29-Jun-09, at 7:27 PM, Peter <plpeter2006-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> acanc seems to have a good deal for ADSL on dry pair
>>> (or am I reading it wrong).
>>>> I am curious if anyone is using them ?
>> Yes, they got a good deal. But you also need a good deal of patience.
>>
>> EK
> 
> Could you elaborate on this?  Have you used their specific service?
> Another dry pair service?  What were the problems?
> 
> For those interested:
> 
> http://acanac.ca/NakedDSL.htm
> 
> Cost is stated as "$8 more" - presumably above and beyond regular DSL
> service, and I'd guess you'd have to get the more expensive ADSL at
> $30 per month.  So yes, a good deal.  Enough to make me think about
> getting off my land line and actually getting a cell for the first
> time in years.  But I'm spoiled by teksavvy (when not disrupted by
> Bell).
> 
> I'm also interested in Acanac's statement (http://acanac.ca/DSL.html):
> 
> "No Blocked Ports or Traffic Shapping" [sic]
> 
> They're still using Bell's lines, and Bell still does traffic shaping,
> right?  They can't prevent that, which means any claim of "no traffic
> shaping" is a bit disingenuous.  If your upstream provider does it,
> just because you don't doesn't mean it's not happening.
> 
> Or maybe they're telling the truth: since no one knows what "shapping"
> is they can say with some surety that they're not doing it.
> 

Teksavvy just rolled out single and multilink mlppp, wonder if acanac 
offer it now too? (mlppp works around Bell's shaping).

Jamon
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