I cant even get dsl here. I'm too far away from the telco. the only cable privider in the area is charter. I've looked around for something a little better but something like that doesnt exist in this area. I used to have a great site with all these angry letters about how dcharter sucks. It was quite interesting. On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 10:40:51AM -0700, Sean McMahon wrote: > www.dslreports.com carries some good info on the differences between cable > and dsl. I'd like to know where some of you people are that you get a > choice of cable and dsl providers. In podunc arizona, you have one cable > line provider and assentially one home dsl line provider. Your isp can > depend on who is offering the service. In my case, my home connection runns > through a different isp then the dsl line provider. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg at romuald.net.eu.org> > To: "Richard Villa" <villar at earthlink.net>; "Speakup is a screen review > system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 10:04 PM > Subject: Re: Servers and Tos > > > > Yes, for the pppoe part or what have you at least. What I was talking > > about though is the actual connection which goes from your telephone > > NID box, pretty much directly to the phone company's DSLAM at the > > other end (there is no other user on that phone line between you and > > the CSO). As far as I know, this is not the case with cable, where > > everyone in your neighborhood shares your connection, until it gets to > > the main trunk. > > > > Greg > > > > > > On Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 08:24:54PM -0600, Richard Villa wrote: > > > No, DSL service involves routers and usually has you sharing one > somewhere > > > before you get to your ISP. > > > > > > > -- > > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid back.
