FKiosk
join:2002-08-07
Algonquin, IL
|  reply to Simmer
DLS.NET and VPN
I live in Algonquin and have been using IDSL from Covad out of a CO in East Dundee. My primary reason for waiting to get DLS.net service was that our company's internal IT department does not support wireless service (including DLS.net) because they are convinced that the latency and download bursts will cause Nortel's VPN connection to terminate.
After speaking to several DLS.NET technical support people they gave me the confidence to give it a shot and I am having great success so far using VPN over this service. The IDSL line speed made it tough to debug and/or troubleshoot software applications. Microsoft's Visual Source Safe was so bad that I made sure I turned of any VSS integration in any of my programming applications but with DLS.net its no longer necessary!
At this point I can highly recommend DLS.NET. The order to time to install was just over a week, the installer was very professional and did clean work inside. The setup with my Linksys router for my home network was painless, and I am getting around 700 kps up and down from the speed test here using MegaPath.
I also have plans for this large antenna I have on my house. I am going to encase it in a rectangular box and make it look like I own two fire places! O.K. I kidding with this - I could really care less about the outdoor antenna on my house.
Anyway, I am very happy with this service and that I am able to use VPN with it. After a month or so I plan to cancel Covad and send my results on to our internal IT support with my findings that DLS.NET is an option and much cheaper than Covad/IDSL. |
