Shell account testimonials?

Fri Jul 5 19:53:58 PDT 2002

On Fri, 5 Jul 2002 15:38:51 -0700 
David Alban <extasia at mindspring.com> wrote:

>   . Provides a shell account . Has gcc, perl, sshd, and ssh/scp . Has
> local bay area 56k dialups (I don't need a high speed connection for
> this)

I don't recall if Rahul.net provides GCC, but you do get the rest in an
admirably stable and predictable environment.  

ObDisclosures: I was a satisfied Rahul.Net (cf Rahul Dhesi) customer for
several years, primarily on a fixed static IP dialup.  I did use their
shell accounts while I was there, but not in earnest or for any great
time.  Since then I've gone DSL and have colocated systems on the 'net
and so haven't needed Rahul.net's services.  I never found technical
fault with Rahul.net while I was connected there and did find a lot to
admire (he's sharp and on the ball).

> I had Connections R Us once and would recommend you avoid them
> because...

I hear bad things about the remains of BEST and Verio in general.  IIRC
they canceled their shell account support anyway.  

I use Rawbandwidth for DSL connectivity and believe they also offer
shell accounts (I know they do dialup).  I haven't used their shell
accounts and so can't comment there, however I've found Rawbandwidth to
be impressively technically competent and on the ball (they are
regularly lauded on the SVLUG lists).

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