Feb 27 2008
Evaluating Butterfly 3
So far things things are running smoothly. I’ve been able to complete a system update of about 200 megs, pull down my podcasts (~70megs every other day), I’m getting at least 256Kbps for local traffic and the general browsing experience, though not spectacular, is comfortable. This is what a relatively busy day on the link looks like:
I also got the 30 day subscription for 2,900/- through MyISP. Compared to what’s on offer in the market, 2,900/- is a heck of bargain given the service quality.
On reliability. The thing has been down thrice in the past two weeks: both Sunday afternoons and Wednesday evening last week. I didn’t try calling for support but next time it happens I’ll give it a try and see how that goes.
Security. I’ve noticed that someone has been port scanning me but its nothing a good shorewall config can’t handle. I just drop all traffic initiated from the Butterfly end.
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