Re: Any recommendations for ISP provision for a small company ??

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From: Chris Wagner
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 00:00

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Claire Moore wrote:
> 
> I would really appreciate anyones thoughts on which provider would be able
> to offer a package to let approx 5 users browse the internet at one time, &
> 10 Email dial-up accounts.  This is all we would need.  Having spoken to the
> "biggies" in the market (eg. Pipex etc), they really are not aimed at the
> small business market.
> 
> Any recommendations for a company that would suit us would be greatly
> appreciated.

I would recommend getting a 128k ISDN and going through a local ISP,
national ISP's tend to be less responsive on average.  For a local guy,
getting you or losing you is a big deal, for a national outfit you're a
blip on their radar screen.  Some of the other posts describe how to
setup your network, everything can funnel through the one ISDN dial-up
account.  You should use Linux for your server.  Its free, highly
configuralbe, and can do all the server functions (email ftp http) and
act as a firewall.  Debian Linux is the easiest to set up and upgrade
and stuff.  Look at http://www.debian.org.

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From: Chris Wagner <wagnerc@pohl.ececs.uc.edu>
Subject: Re: Any recommendations for ISP provision for a small company ??
Date: 1998/01/06
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