But what about the security issues of Cable vs. DSL??? I don't understand why you all who have far more knowledge of networks, etc., than I do, would ever recommend Cable??? Amanda On Sat, 20 Oct 2001, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: > Ann, those are definitely good points to consider. It really is too bad > you have had such an aweful experience. From my perspective though I've > had better luck with dsl since I first used it in late 1997. Without > getting into a drawn out debate as to which is better between cable or > dsl I will say this. The two biggest deciding factors from my > experience in the isp world on whether people like dsl or cable is the > first time installation. If you've had nothing but problems getting dsl > from the get go you won't want it. If you've had problems with the > cable providers or have to subscribe to higher tv plans you won't want > it either. Then there are the technicalities of cable vs dsl which I > don't want to get into either. Basically what it comes down to is that > one will use what ever is best for them and least hastle to get support > on. The dsl services I"ve had since 1997 never required me to configure > any routers for it to work except once and that was a Cisco 675 adsl > bridge router which had a serial command line interface. I've had very > good experiences with both dsl and cable so don't have anything against > either. > > My situation however is this. I wish to go with dsl because for me it's > been the least problematic and also because in the room where my > computer equipment is located cannot have a cable jack installed. So > even if I didn't like dsl I would have to get it or run a cable from > another room into this one and I'm not prepaired to do that. > > Any providor should not act this way as you describe but it's a sad > truth that it happens. People here in KC use southwestern bell a lot > for dsl and they are so big as part of the sbc group that it takes for > ever to get tech support and they always start by assuming it is your > fault. What you have to remember is most of the time you are talking to > a novice person working to pay for school or because there is nothing > better. What makes it worse is most of them have never heard of any OS > except Windows. I'm not trying to offend anyone if there are list > members who are tech support persons for isp's. But this is my > experiences I'm sharing. > > In short Ann, if you have better luck with cable, then go for it. I > would do the same if I was in your shoes from what you describe. Both > dsl and cable are good means of access when it comes down to it. One > thing I'll give cable though is it's easier to troubleshoot than dsl. > This isn't so much of an opinion rather the truth as I see it from > having worked in both fields. Currently I am a sysadmin for Sprint's > Broadband Wireless service and the troubleshooting that system is very > similar to cable. > > Best regards. > > PS. Road Runner is the cable isp in my area through Time Warner. And > if it was not for my particular setup I would just go and get it > installed in half an hour because it takes around that much to install. > And this half hour is including the travel time going to the office and > picking up a cable modem from them. *smile*. > > Ann Parsons said the following on Sat, Oct 20, 2001 at 06:46:20AM -0400: > > Hi all, > > > > Forget DSL!!! Forget it!! If you want DSL you better be prepared to > > get the business kind because if you get ADSL they will force you into > > getting that damned SSG Dashboard crap that can not be accessed in > > Lynx w3 or anything but MSIE. This is their web interface to their > > routers. When you *can* access it with Gates' garbage, they have > > decided to write the whole damned thing in Java script. It takes me > > twenty to thirty minutes to reset my DSL when they time it out, which > > they do every week or so. Why does it take that long? I have to > > reboot into Windows. Then, I have to access the Dashboard. Then, I > > have to find the stupid links to the edit boxes which are not labeled > > correctly so that the MSAA works properly. Then, I have to keep > > turning MSAA mode on and off and going through all kinds of > > machanations to get the damned thing reset. Plus, that's not counting > > the eleven outages I've had since July 18th! > > > > Not only that, Frontier treats me like a child. They call their > > routers modems, like I'm a five year old kid that can't call going to > > the bathroom anything but going weewee. They think it is always *my* > > fault when something goes wrong, it *must* be my fault, I'm the > > customer, and the customer is always wrong, doncha know!! > > > > Those telephone companies, at least Frontier Communications doesn't > > know its ass from a hole in the ground. They can't run their service > > correctly, they don't know what's wrong with their equipment when > > something breaks, and the whole thing is a SNAFU (situation Normal All > > Fucked Up). Excuse me, I'm sorry folks, I do not usually become so > > vulgar, but I am disgusted with DSL, Frontier and the whole > > technology. I'm going to cable on Thursday, and I'm very, very glad > > of it. If you think that DSL can work in Linux, you need to pay for > > the expensive kind, cuz the residential ADSL is for the birds!!! > > > > Ann P. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
