Changing providers

will goodman hippie91 at yahoo.com
Sun Oct 22 07:05:39 CDT 2000


i have rr and though it's not a super fast web server,
i do run a ftp site 24/7 with no problems ever... even
when i top 500 gigs in a month on this measly cable
connection.  

--- "Charles Mallahan Jr." <mallahan at swbell.net>
wrote:
> Doesn't Grapevine have SDSL which doesn't have the
> ADSL limitation?
> 
> I have my Linux server up 24/7 but I am having
> trouble setting up BIND.
> Do you have to have you ISP provider put you in his
> DNS?  Can't you have
> the primary DNS setup on your server, and the ISP as
> Second, and have it
> registered with you domain register as such?
> 
> richj at northcs.com wrote:
> 
> > 9/29/2000
> >
> >     I am actively looking to change providers from
> Sound Net. I
> > want to leave my linux box on all the time. Domain
> is registered.
> > Does anyone have experience with dedicated 24x7
> service over modem
> > with either KCInternet(aka WorldInternet) or
> KCNet?  How about
> > any other providers?
> >     Afraid I  must stick with modem connection. At
> 26,500 feet from
> > the central office, I can only dream of high
> speed. And of course
> > RoadRunner is not available for those of us that
> run servers. Can't
> > justify T1 and probably not even fractional T1
> though would be
> > interested in what it might cost. Guess will have
> to call SWBell.
> >     Am interested in price of course, but price
> doesn't mean
> > much if the provider can't reliably provide 24x7
> service. (Have
> > to ignore SWBell problems in the middle of
> course.)
> >     Part of the problem I see is getting Network
> Solutions to
> > change the DNS entries to point to whoever I
> switch to. If that
> > gets screwed up....
> >     You would think with almost 9 pages of access
> providers in
> > the yellow pages that this would be easy. As
> always, a referral
> > is worth more than an ad in the yellow pages.
> >
> > Richard Johnson
> 

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