also, the general technical knoledge of your isp's techs is usually the "I know where the control pannel is" type. they may know how to plug in a network card but that may be foggy at best. On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 06:27:56PM -0600, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > Hi chuck and all. > I use charter cable and have had no problems. In fact, when I tried to > switch to tds dsl, my actual download speeds were quite a bit slower than > my cable connection. > In my case, the technician came and plugged the modem in and set up the > cable box. after that, dhcpcd did everything else. I'm not sure what > differences exist between different cable setups. > and I know what you mean about not going back to a dialup connection. I > help to maintain a friend's system; she is on dialup and upgrading and > downloading on her system drive me completely crazy. certainly better than > no connection at all, but would be hard to live with after you've > experienced high speed, except as a backup for emmergencies or for use > when traveling on a laptop. > Let us know how it goes; I had absolutely no setup problems but others may > have had more difficulties. > > > -- > Cheryl > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
