I called Speakeasy to get pricing and it seemed a little steep for $89.99.
But I did get 4 static IP's. Are there any cheaper service providers for
that type of service?
Chris Fowler
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Phillips [mailto:">michael.phillips@sbs.siemens.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 3:26 PM
To: Jeff Hubbs
Cc: ">ale@ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] THREAD FORK: Broadband vs DSL
Uh, I'd be very careful here....this could be considered running a server
and you could be in violation of an AUP and loose service or have your
service severly restricted.
Mike
Jeff Hubbs ">Jhubbs@niit.com> thusly spake on [000224 13:49]:
> I've been pondering the xDSL vs. cable thing myself, planning to go one
way
> or the other over the next few months. I plan to connect with an ipchains
> firewall and masquerade or not, depending on whether I get a range of IP
> addresses or just one.
>
> Call me stupid if you like (allright, not everyone at once, now!), but one
> of the things that I like about cable modems is that you could choose to
> offer services to your own cable neighborhood, such as an open-source
> distribution mirror, ircd, streaming a/v, etc.
>
> Do any of you do this yourselves or know someone who does? I'd be curious
> to know people's experiences.
>
> - Jeff
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wandered Inn [mailto:">esoteric@denali.atlnet.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 12:31 PM
> > To: ">ale@ale.org
> > Subject: Re: [ale] Broadband vs DSL
> >
> >
> > Venkat Swaminathan wrote:
> > >
> > > I got my cable modem yesterday and so far things have been good.
> > > I asked the technician from MediaOne about the sharing of bandwidth
> > > and he told me that it would be a factor only where there were a
> > > lot of people, e.g. if I were in downtown, I would have to worry
> > > about it. He told me that it is not a big deal in the "suburbs".
> > >
> > > I asked him if he could tell me how many people were connected
> > > on the same line as I was and he said he could not. I don't know
> > > if he did not know or he was not allowed to reveal that info.
> >
> > If he doesn't know, then he can't tell you it won't be a factor. If
> > he's not allowed to reveal that info, then there's a reason he can't..
> >
> > --
> > Until later: Geoffrey ">esoteric@denali.atlnet.com
> >
> > I'm afraid there will be more problems with W2K than there were with
> > Y2K...
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