Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-19 Thread Frederic Marchal
On Friday 19 June 2015 09:24:34 Reco wrote: Hi. On Thu, 18 Jun 2015 18:20:25 -0500 Richard Owlett rowl...@cloud85.net wrote: Mike McClain wrote: On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 03:22:37PM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: Scarletdown wrote: How about a portable wireless hotspot device and

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-19 Thread Reco
Hi. On Thu, 18 Jun 2015 18:20:25 -0500 Richard Owlett rowl...@cloud85.net wrote: Mike McClain wrote: On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 03:22:37PM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: Scarletdown wrote: How about a portable wireless hotspot device and service? I was leaning away from that solution -

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-19 Thread Reco
Hi. On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 09:13:42AM +0200, Frederic Marchal wrote: On Friday 19 June 2015 09:24:34 Reco wrote: Hi. On Thu, 18 Jun 2015 18:20:25 -0500 Richard Owlett rowl...@cloud85.net wrote: Mike McClain wrote: On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 03:22:37PM -0500, Richard

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-19 Thread Joe
On Fri, 19 Jun 2015 11:01:25 +0300 Reco recovery...@gmail.com wrote: When network.proxy.socks_remote_dns is set to true, the DNS requests are sent through the SOCKS connection and delivered to your computer at home (which ultimately is sent to your ISP but you already thrust it with

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-19 Thread Frederic Marchal
On Friday 19 June 2015 11:01:25 Reco wrote: Hi. On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 09:13:42AM +0200, Frederic Marchal wrote: On Friday 19 June 2015 09:24:34 Reco wrote: On Thu, 18 Jun 2015 18:20:25 -0500 Richard Owlett rowl...@cloud85.net wrote: Mike McClain wrote: On Thu, Jun 18, 2015

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-19 Thread Reco
Hi. On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 10:36:37AM +0200, Frederic Marchal wrote: On Friday 19 June 2015 11:01:25 Reco wrote: Hi. On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 09:13:42AM +0200, Frederic Marchal wrote: On Friday 19 June 2015 09:24:34 Reco wrote: On Thu, 18 Jun 2015 18:20:25 -0500

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-19 Thread Sven Hartge
Reco recovery...@gmail.com wrote: Please don't do so. Ssh only provides SOCKS4 proxy, and SOCKS4 can not tunnel DNS requests (or any UDP traffic for that matter). How old is your information on that? Even in Squeeze the man-page for ssh says: , | Currently the SOCKS4 and SOCKS5 protocols

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-18 Thread Richard Owlett
Dan Ritter wrote: On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 11:03:47AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: My connectivity for ~3 decades has been at = 56k. Current ISP abandoning that market ;/ I do not wish DSL, cable, nor satellite as they restrict me to one physical location. I was assuming that meant connecting

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-18 Thread Richard Owlett
Scarletdown wrote: How about a portable wireless hotspot device and service? I was leaning away from that solution - unsure of security implications when using personal hotspot. The way I understand how those work, you will have your Internet service with you no matter where you are, as

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-18 Thread Richard Owlett
Jeremy Leonard wrote: There is also a carrier called Ting that sells a wifi hotspot. The billing is based on what you use and I've heard good things about them. The wifi hotspot device can be found at https://ting.com/shop/Netgear-Zing The cost structure is appropriate for my predicted usage.

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-18 Thread Richard Owlett
Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 11:03:47AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: My connectivity for ~3 decades has been at = 56k. Current ISP abandoning that market ;/ I do not wish DSL, cable, nor satellite as they restrict me to one physical location. You're in the US? Yes

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-18 Thread Richard Owlett
Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 11:03:47AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: My connectivity for ~3 decades has been at = 56k. Current ISP abandoning that market ;/ I do not wish DSL, cable, nor satellite as they restrict me to one physical location. You're in the US? Yes

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-18 Thread Mike McClain
On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 03:22:37PM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: Scarletdown wrote: How about a portable wireless hotspot device and service? I was leaning away from that solution - unsure of security implications when using personal hotspot. The way I understand how those work, you will

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-18 Thread Richard Owlett
Mike McClain wrote: On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 03:22:37PM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: Scarletdown wrote: How about a portable wireless hotspot device and service? I was leaning away from that solution - unsure of security implications when using personal hotspot. The way I understand how

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-17 Thread Scarletdown
How about a portable wireless hotspot device and service? The way I understand how those work, you will have your Internet service with you no matter where you are, as long as you can get a signal from your provider. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-17 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 11:03:47AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: My connectivity for ~3 decades has been at = 56k. Current ISP abandoning that market ;/ I do not wish DSL, cable, nor satellite as they restrict me to one physical location. You're in the US? I'd suggest that a laptop with

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-17 Thread Mike McClain
On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 11:03:47AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: My connectivity for ~3 decades has been at = 56k. Current ISP abandoning that market ;/ I do not wish DSL, cable, nor satellite as they restrict me to one physical location. I was assuming that meant connecting via cell

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-17 Thread Nate Bargmann
Hi Richard. I faced a similar situation although a bit differently a few months ago. The only WISP in the area announced they were shutting down the present service which ran at 512 kbps and would offer upgrades to a new service that runs 10 Mbps. Fine, but what they did not say officially was

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-17 Thread Jeremy Leonard
There is also a carrier called Ting that sells a wifi hotspot. The billing is based on what you use and I've heard good things about them. The wifi hotspot device can be found at https://ting.com/shop/Netgear-Zing bald_bohemian On 06/17/2015 12:58 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-17 Thread Richard Owlett
Lisi Reisz wrote: On Wednesday 17 June 2015 17:11:11 Mark Allums wrote: On 06/17/2015 11:03 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: My connectivity for ~3 decades has been at = 56k. Current ISP abandoning that market ;/ I do not wish DSL, cable, nor satellite as they restrict me to one physical location.

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-17 Thread Dan Ritter
On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 11:03:47AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: My connectivity for ~3 decades has been at = 56k. Current ISP abandoning that market ;/ I do not wish DSL, cable, nor satellite as they restrict me to one physical location. I was assuming that meant connecting via cell

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-17 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 17 June 2015 17:11:11 Mark Allums wrote: On 06/17/2015 11:03 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: My connectivity for ~3 decades has been at = 56k. Current ISP abandoning that market ;/ I do not wish DSL, cable, nor satellite as they restrict me to one physical location. I was

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-17 Thread Richard Owlett
Mark Allums wrote: On 06/17/2015 11:03 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: My connectivity for ~3 decades has been at = 56k. Current ISP abandoning that market ;/ I do not wish DSL, cable, nor satellite as they restrict me to one physical location. I was assuming that meant connecting via cell network.

Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-17 Thread Richard Owlett
My connectivity for ~3 decades has been at = 56k. Current ISP abandoning that market ;/ I do not wish DSL, cable, nor satellite as they restrict me to one physical location. I was assuming that meant connecting via cell network. Is that correct? What questions should I be asking? Please note

Re: Moving from 56k modem

2015-06-17 Thread Mark Allums
On 06/17/2015 11:03 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: My connectivity for ~3 decades has been at = 56k. Current ISP abandoning that market ;/ I do not wish DSL, cable, nor satellite as they restrict me to one physical location. I was assuming that meant connecting via cell network. Is that correct?