> >Qwest will provide basic DSL for about $20/mo. + (I
> >think) another $20 for their or someone else's ISP.
I use TDS MetroCom DSL service (highly reccomended, it's provided by
one of the phone company alternatives in my area) for $45 a month
(TSP is the ISP as well) it's never been down and has always been as
fast as their 768kbps claim. DLS is always on, and it's dedicated
bandwidth.
Cable modems just aren't woth it. My friends has one, and he wishes
he had DSL like me, even tho' DSL cost almost $20 more per moth than
DSL.
The DSL network in this area is also tied into the local internet
routers. So it's 4 hops to work, 3 hops to the University in town, 1
hop to other DSL users in the area. This is where %60 of my net
traffic goes, and the 20ms ping kicks ass, it like I'm on the local
LAN at school!
With cable modems, your tied in to some other seperate internet
backbone, so you are father away (net wise) if you access work or
school. So stay away from 'em.
> >Sprint has Sprint Broadband Direct for $45/mo, free
>>install and hardware. They advertise that they are Mac
> >savvy.
The Sprint system is a packet-switched wireless network, so as the
more people in your area surf and make phone calls on their digital
cell phones, the slower thing will get, just like a cable modem.
Expect modem speed when things get busy (4pm to 11pm) just like cable
modems. I think Sprint is going somewhere they don't need to go, and
shoudn't. And what's the point of wireless internet if the antenna is
attached to the side of your house? My bogosity meter just when off
the scale when Sprint announced that.
And 'Mac Savy' sound as good as 'System 7 Savvy' did 8 years ago. It
basicly means it won't crash and burn that often :-)
>However, I am still diagnosing some weird interaction between my
>Macsense ethernet 10-100 16 bit PC card (from Dr. Bott) and my (non MCE
>Cardbus -enabled) 2400. Specifically, the Macsense PC card causes my
>system to periodically freeze (stall?) for about 20 seconds or so at
>random intervals. This occurs *whenever* the PC card is actually
>inserted into the PC slot regardless of whether I am online (DSL or
>dialup) or running other programs. When connected to the DSL Cisco 675
>external router, I notice lots of "light-blinking" activity on the
>WAN-LAN indicators during these freezes (stalls?). If I wait it out, all
>becomes well again until the next occurrence. My 2400 (running 8.6) was
>rock-solid before this.
It sound like a DHCP lease renewal is going on. If the DHCP server on
the other end is slow, or you have TCP/IP checked as load only when
needed, you'll get thoes lock up. So I doubt it is a problem with the
card, unless you had a previous Ethernet card that didn't lock up.
Do you use DHCP for IP?
If you use DHCP under 8.6, it kind of broken. Get the 'TCP/IP
Options' Control pannel and check 'Always release DHCP address' It
fixed DHCP for my under 8.6, critical when I use my friend's cable
modem.
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