Re: ADSL experiences in the Eindhoven area: anyone?

[stap@xxxxxx (Jan Stap)]

On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 02:39:30PM +0100, Joost van Baal wrote:
> Hoi,
> 
> On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 02:30:18PM +0100, Jan Stap wrote:
> > 
> > I intend to replace my current Chello account with an ADSL account, to
> > get a higher upload for less money with a better service and official
> > allowance for running a server of your own.
> > 
> > Xs4all and Demon seem the best options, based on reputation, service and
> > facilities. Xs4all uses KPN ADSL, while Demon uses that of bbned
> > (www.bbned.nl) and possibly others. Does any of you have experiences with 
> > either provider in terms of actual achieved bandwidth in the Eindhoven 
> > region or any other service experiences? Or maybe I overlook yet another
> > provider I should really look at.
> 
> http://www.surfsneladsl.nl/ (but for a limited group of customers only)
> 
> I myself am using XS4ALL's ADSL, and am pretty happy with it.  I made my
> modem dumb: http://mdcc.cx/xs4all/joostvb.ini : I'd like to do DHCP,
> masquerading and DNS myself.

That's true for me too (except for running a subdomain from your one :-)

> Perhaps Cistron sells connectivity in Eindhoven too.

Aha, I'll have a look.

> ISP's reselling BBNet should be able to sell more bandwidth for cheaper
> prices, compared to KPN.
> 
> Good luck, Bye,
> 
> Joost
> 
Thanks!

Jan