As I'm now forced to set up a whole new system, I'm considering the
idea of switching to a different type of Internet access while I'm at it.
At my old address I had Comcast Broadband cable and it was great!
Very fast, no lag when playing games on-line, and very dependable. But
where I'm at now the ONLY thing available is thru Sprint and their supposed
broadband DSL service! In fact I can't even get a different phone carrier
here so I abandoned my phone and am using the line strictly for DSL. I
bought a new Windows based Pocket PC, which includes a cell phone, for voice
communications.
Still however, this DSL seems to be a lot less than what they
promised or what others who have competitive DSL accounts get. Sometimes it
crawls along at less than average dial-up speeds, and other times it
requires constant re-booting in order to keep it working at all!
Anyway, my wireless phone account is through Verizon, and they also
offer broadband wireless internet access that can be used via the pocket PC
and/or a desktop system, and not only would it be cheaper all around, but
it's advertisements also quotes speeds that are better than DSL service!
Does anyone out there use a wireless setup? If so I'd appreciate
hearing back from you, whether your experiences are good or bad. Primarily
I need to know if there are different types that need consideration, or
different modem/router configurations that can effect overall speed, if it's
a reliable system 24/7, if the download and upload speeds under actual use
are as good as I've been led to believe, and if there are any hidden
problems associated with them, such as long lag times when playing online
games like Battlefield 2. Although this last item isn't a priority, I DO
like to take a break late at night and spend an hour or two getting rid of
my aggressions! <g> It really helps when I get stuck on a particular
problem!
Lastly, I have a lot of information on my laptop that I would like
to move over to my new desktop when it arrives. Unfortunately neither the
CD-RW or the floppy on the laptop work at all and so the only way I can
transfer this stuff is via a direct connection. Can that be accomplished in
a peer to peer network between two machines just using an Ethernet to
Ethernet cable, or an Ethernet to USB? All the data I had on networking is
also gone of course, and I don't remember what it said about setting a
system up to do this. Note, I do NOT want to have to go out and buy another
piece of software, like Norton's PC AnyWhere, just to enable this ability
for a couple of days!
from: Robert Meek at: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
dba "Tangentals Design" home of "PoBoy"
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