For the old timers

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 11:09:08PM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote:
>   I'm with Teksavvy, but I still keep a dialup account as a backup.
> It's with 295.ca.  Wanna guess how much they charge per month?  I
> deliberately have my backup account with a different provider than my
> broadband account.  The idea is that if Teksavvy were knocked out by
> bankruptcy, or even temporarily by mundane backhoe or server problems,
> both their broadband and dialup operations could be affected.  By using
> two different providers, I reduce the "single point of failure"
> exposure.  Note that I said "reduce", not "eliminate".  Both dialup and
> ADSL operate over the same phone line.  To eliminate that, I would have
> to subscribe to cable Teksavyy internet (currently being rolled out in
> the GTA; see webpage http://teksavvy.com/en/res-internet.asp#cable ) and
> 295.ca telephone dialup.

Hmm, so same speed as rogers cable, unlimited transfer, lower price.
Might just be worth the hassle of switching.  Too bad they don't have
static IP available on the cable option.

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Len Sorensen
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