Here in the portland area we get Centurylink and I have to say, having been forced to use comcast in the bay area for years it's a breath of fresh air. It's a l

Here in the portland area we get Centurylink and I have to say, having been forced to use comcast in the bay area for years it's a breath of fresh air. It's a large company, sure, but 1gbps symmetric is very reasonable (around $50/mo) and they let you directly connect your hardware via IPOE (using a VLAN tag).