[Pdx-pm] OT: Escaping Comcast?

[Michael G Schwern]

Nick Welch wrote:
> I've been using Comcast cable for the year or so I've been here, but
> their support is terrible and I don't like supporting a company that
> obviously doesn't care about their customers much.  Are there any other
> decent options in inner (NE) Portland?  DSL always seems to be more
> expensive for less bandwidth, and often with extra fees on top of that.

I can wholeheartedly recommend dslnorthwest.net, Doug Westerveldt's company, reselling Qwest DSL.  He's a local Portland geek and DSL Northwest is used by other Portland geeks.  They're located downtown so you can go kick them when things go wrong.
http://dslnorthwest.net/services/residential_dsl.php

Its not the cheapest, $40/month + $5/month modem rental, $20 activation for 1.5M down / 896k up.  The service is good and stable.  (I avoided the modem rental by using a leftover one from Earthlink).