Yes, speakeasy charges more than the big telco or cable broadband providers, but for my money they offer a much higher level of service and permit you to use your broadband connection for things that should be basic freedoms with all broadband services but aren't...
Some of the basic freedoms: static IPs, no blocked ports. They'll even provide secondary DNS for up to 5 domains for a one time set up charge, even for ADSL connections.
Fact is the cheap broadband connections are just like any other massmarket product, which is to say that if all you want is to download pr0n, MP3s and warez, go with the cheapest, fastest provider that you can find.
But if you do, don't complain when your provider (or should I say pusher?) imposes caps on your downloads. Or cuts your upload speed to 56k.
Basically it comes down to what you value.
By the way in response to the fact that speakeasy doesn't post their prices anymore: You can always do a price check on most broadband providers (cable, and satellite too) at dslreports.com
Not supporting a browser with a small market share is one thing. Actively prohibiting users from attempting to access the online services with an alternative browser is another. Especially when the "majority" browser's SSL implementation is as broken the one in Internet Explorer was revealed to be this past Auguest:
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-949506.html
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/286290
Microsoft issued this bulletin in September:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS02-050.asp
When I brought this to Capital One's attention recently they responded with a generic corporate response.
I'll be cancelling my card as soon as I pay it off.
While monitors and room lighting are important factors,the overall health of your eyes is an important factor. If your eyes are strong and healthy, they'll be able to withstand the stresses of poor monitor/light conditions. Personally, I suffered from dry eyes and severe eye strain after sitting in front of a monitor for 8 hours a day until I started taking an multi-vitamin formulated especially for eyes. I use this one. but there are lots of others with similar formulations on the market. I don't find it necessary to take the full
Good luck with it in any case.
I live in Manhattan on the Lower East Side. I watched the the events of Sept 11th from my roof top in stunned disbelief. My disbelief turned to tears when the second tower fell. Throughout that day and the days that have followed, I've turned to the TV and the internet for any information that I can get, but my patience for what is passing for news on TV is wearing thin. I almost feel as though I can't trust what they say on TV anymore given
that last night the reports were claiming that they had arrested 10
people at JFK and LGA with compelling evidence that they were potential
hijackers. This morning when I got up story had changed and now it turns
out that they hadn't arrested anybody nor was there any real evidence.
There are similar stories are floating around regarding people rescued
from the rubble. As far as I know, every story that I've heard so far
about survivors being dug out, has turned out to be false. Every
channel has a different number of survivors and sometimes they are
policemen and sometimes they are firemen. And then it turns out that
they were two rescue workers
who had been trapped in the course of the rescue efforts! Can someone
please confirm or deny if they have pulled anyone out who was trapped at
the time that the towers fell?
The part of it that makes me really mad is that I haven't heard very
much in the way of apologies for these mistakes, nor have I heard any of
the reporters comment on the sheer volume of misinformation that is
being reported as fact. I understand that the reporters are human and
there is a great deal of competition that drives them to report
information before they can do a throrough fact check, in order to scoop
their rivals. But they've begun to lose their credibility and are
unconsciously furthering the terrorists' agenda of fear and uncertainty.
My apologies for the rant. I guess I'm feeling the fear and anger that
is inescapable right now...
Thanks to the slash team for keeping slashdot up and running and thank you to all of the slashdot readers, who've provided both information and commentary that is sorely lacking on all of the major television networks.
Slashdot Mirror
Right on! Mod parent up! Way up!
Fred Anderson is the CFO, NOT CTO...
Huh? Orkut's Palace of Love?
Hmm what kind of social network are they running?
http://trodo.com ? Don't know if there is source code available, but I think it is a PHP/MySQL app... That might be a good starting point.
Yes, speakeasy charges more than the big telco or cable broadband providers, but for my money they offer a much higher level of service and permit you to use your broadband connection for things that should be basic freedoms with all broadband services but aren't...
Some of the basic freedoms: static IPs, no blocked ports. They'll even provide secondary DNS for up to 5 domains for a one time set up charge, even for ADSL connections.
Fact is the cheap broadband connections are just like any other massmarket product, which is to say that if all you want is to download pr0n, MP3s and warez, go with the cheapest, fastest provider that you can find.
But if you do, don't complain when your provider (or should I say pusher?) imposes caps on your downloads. Or cuts your upload speed to 56k.
Basically it comes down to what you value.
By the way in response to the fact that speakeasy doesn't post their prices anymore: You can always do a price check on most broadband providers (cable, and satellite too) at dslreports.com
Not supporting a browser with a small market share is one thing. Actively prohibiting users from attempting to access the online services with an alternative browser is another. Especially when the "majority" browser's SSL implementation is as broken the one in Internet Explorer was revealed to be this past Auguest: http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-949506.html http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/286290 Microsoft issued this bulletin in September: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin /MS02-050.asp
When I brought this to Capital One's attention recently they responded with a generic corporate response.
I'll be cancelling my card as soon as I pay it off.
While monitors and room lighting are important factors,the overall health of your eyes is an important factor. If your eyes are strong and healthy, they'll be able to withstand the stresses of poor monitor/light conditions. Personally, I suffered from dry eyes and severe eye strain after sitting in front of a monitor for 8 hours a day until I started taking an multi-vitamin formulated especially for eyes. I use this one. but there are lots of others with similar formulations on the market. I don't find it necessary to take the full Good luck with it in any case.
I live in Manhattan on the Lower East Side. I watched the the events of Sept 11th from my roof top in stunned disbelief. My disbelief turned to tears when the second tower fell. Throughout that day and the days that have followed, I've turned to the TV and the internet for any information that I can get, but my patience for what is passing for news on TV is wearing thin. I almost feel as though I can't trust what they say on TV anymore given
that last night the reports were claiming that they had arrested 10
people at JFK and LGA with compelling evidence that they were potential
hijackers. This morning when I got up story had changed and now it turns
out that they hadn't arrested anybody nor was there any real evidence.
There are similar stories are floating around regarding people rescued
from the rubble. As far as I know, every story that I've heard so far
about survivors being dug out, has turned out to be false. Every
channel has a different number of survivors and sometimes they are
policemen and sometimes they are firemen. And then it turns out that
they were two rescue workers
who had been trapped in the course of the rescue efforts! Can someone
please confirm or deny if they have pulled anyone out who was trapped at
the time that the towers fell?
The part of it that makes me really mad is that I haven't heard very
much in the way of apologies for these mistakes, nor have I heard any of
the reporters comment on the sheer volume of misinformation that is
being reported as fact. I understand that the reporters are human and
there is a great deal of competition that drives them to report
information before they can do a throrough fact check, in order to scoop
their rivals. But they've begun to lose their credibility and are
unconsciously furthering the terrorists' agenda of fear and uncertainty.
My apologies for the rant. I guess I'm feeling the fear and anger that
is inescapable right now...
Thanks to the slash team for keeping slashdot up and running and thank you to all of the slashdot readers, who've provided both information and commentary that is sorely lacking on all of the major television networks.
eirik