scott
Nov 30, 1919, 12:00 AM
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Alternative to Prodigy Internet in Mexico?
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64k cable costs $371 pesos/month in Morelia. $490 for 128k, and something which is over $100 CDN for 256k. I make extensive, very extensive use of ssh to a Linux server and there is no lag with my 64k connection. They offer POP3 email but I never set it up as I have my own POP3 account. I haven't heard anything about Usenet access. It is fairly reliable, it only goes down for maybe 10-15 minutes/day and once or twice a week for close to an hour. Usually in the evenings. By far, the most annoying thing is that they use NAT translation, which is fine as I wasn't planning on running any servers anyway, but my idle shell sessions time out after only about 2 minutes. Its incredibly annoying. But otherwise the service is OK, aside from the fact twice the speed would be half the price in Canada. But then again, I think Canadians are a bit spoiled broadband wise. Yes, I admit I compare every single peso I spend to how far it would have gone at home. But I find the higher cost is worth it as I depend on reliable internet access.<p><p>: I am working on moving to Mexico. Is there an alternative ISP, or does Prodigy have a monopoly? I could not find any other. I will need a faster connection than dialup, and I like using pop3 for email, I like accessing usenet without going through the web, I like having full use of either/and an ISDN connection or faster, and I like using a shell account. Those are all things that Prodigy doesn't offer. Or allow, as far as I can figure. When I was down there I tried pinging a few things. You can't.<p>: If someone in Mexico is reading this and knows someone I can call who is in the internet business down there, please email me names and numbers. If they don't speak English no problem, I do speak Spanish.<p>: Thank you for any help you can provide.<p>
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