Hi folks-

I'm moving to Carmel, Indiana. My home site has cable TV/broadband
available through Bright House Networks. I've never heard of them
before; I've had Comcast for... well.. ever.

Anyway, they offer broadband from either Earthlink or Roadrunner. I'm
not quite sure why they offer two services, but I'm having trouble
differentiating between them. As far as I can tell, the fees are the
same, and the speed is the same. I don't currently have data about
newsgroup access.

Any experiences that can help me choose which way to go would be
appreciated.

Notes:
1. Separate from broadband, I do maintain an Earthlink (originally
Netcom) account, for dialup access when traveling. Had it since 1995.

2. A major use of the broadband at home is to VPN into my company
network. It's important that whichever service I choose allow this.

Thanks

Marc

In article <elmop-9B7659.11345309102005@nntp2.usenetserver.com>,
elmop@nastydesigns.com says...
(rest of good advice snipped)

Thanks. Great response. I appreciate it.

The Earthlink and Roadrunner broadband both operate on the exact same
physical network -- right down to the nodes, CMTS, and physical drops.
Evaluate the pricing, support, speed, terms, offers, etc. of both
services and service levels and select the best option. The networks
are the same.

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"MAG" <somebody@somewhere.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1db2fccc600d0dec9896ad@newsgroups.comcast .net...
Well, you can mask what you are doing using an open Socks 5
proxy server, there are a few of them on the net. You will need
to use a program called SocksCap, and then you need to find an
open Socks proxy server, the most updated list is at

http://www.atomintersoft.com/product...xy/socks5-list

RoadRunner or EarthLink will know you went to the proxy, but
wont know where you went beyond the proxy.

I'm the original poster. I went with Earthlink. They upgraded my dial-up
account to be a cable modem account, still with free dialup (20 hours
per month I think; I'll never use it that much since wireless is
available most places I go).

VPN working fine.

Marc