[Leaplist] Linux on cfl-road-runner

[David Harris]

On 4/9/07, Fred Moore <fmoor at fmeco.com> wrote:
> Dan Cherry wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I've had Bellsouth DSL since they offered it in my area, and it's been 'okay',
> > but lately they seem to be losing the ability to provide acceptable service -
> > lots of mistakes, mostly in their offices and behind the scenes, not the
> > connection itself.
> >
> > After checking out the Brighthouse website (primarily advertising - not much
> > tech info useful from a networking or Linux perspective), I searched the LEAP
> > archives and most road runner info was several years old.
> >
> > So I'll ask if anybody is currently using central-florida roadrunner (thru
> > Brighthouse) with a run-of-mill Linksys type router and Linux boxes behind
> > it.  If so...
> >
> > Do they block any ports (25 in particular, or any other key ports)?
> > Do they offer a static IP addr on their residential service?
> > Does their contract limit the number of computers or anything else key to a
> > home network?
> > Any problems in general?
> >
> > I appreciate any info or comments on the subject.  Thanks,

We purchased BellSouth DSL for my home in Volusia County, because
Brighthouse was horrible.  It would disconnect every 10 minutes or so.
 This drove me crazy.  We went through 2 external fans to try to cool
down the modem (in case of a heating problem).  They even changed the
modem out, and we still had the same problems.  The ironic thing
being, right around when we got BellSouth, then Brighthouse started
magically working.  Not to mention the fact that cable connections use
a shared connection as opposed to a nice single connection which DSL
gives you.  I hope that Brighthouse no longer has these problems, but
I really don't know because I've just been happy to have a steady
connection.