You might consider speakeasy.net also....

> Is anyone using Birch as an ISP, or have any reports, statistics, or
> gossip regarding their service levels?
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> I'm considering getting a 1 or 1.5 MBit SDSL circuit with them, and
> would like to know if they're a reasonable data service provider, or if
> I should steer clear of them.
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> NOTE: I don't need anything from them but network connectivity, as I run
>  my own DNS, smtp, etc., but I would like to know if they've managed to
> find their way out of the paper bag yet (History: A year or two ago when
>  I asked about using Birch for data services, the consenus was "they
> couldn't route their way out of a paper bag" :)
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> Charles Steinkuehler
> charles@steinkuehler.net
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