[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi Marc,
> Still alive, just checking the email a lot less now that we're on holiday!
=) Happy holidays!
> I just checked the offer that the Milan-based company sent me and it does
> state that it's a 5Mbit line that completely bypasses the telephone company
> lines
Probably because the old phone lines can't achieve speeds of 5Mbit.
> (unlike the other new companies, who install their lines inside your
> house but then hook them up to the phone company's lines outside).
What they do here is that they (KPN) prepare every quarter/part/area of a
crowded city for ADSL. If it is available then you can order it. You can let
someone install it for you, but it was cheaper to install the ADSL myself and
so I did it myself and it was very easy. They send me a splitter and ADSL
Ethernet modem. You put the splitter between your incoming phone line and the
ADSL modem. That way you have the advantage of the ADSL speed and are able to
use the phone at the same time. You connect the modem to your Ethernet card
(there are USB versions aswell, but _much_ slower), install the software which
comes with the package (for the protocol PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet) one uses
Enthernet and for the ADSL protocol in Holland PPPtP (Point-to Point protocol
which also goes via Ethernet) I use LAN TunnelBuilder). Then configure TCP/IP
to connect to the modem using a browser and then configure it according to the
ADSL specs. Then configure TCP/IP with your ISP settings, configure the ADSL
software and you're done.
> It does
> sound like a pretty good deal at $55 a month, with free installation: always
> on DSL, all the local and long-distance national calls you want (!), and the
> cable TV channel (though you have to rent the unit that allows you to see
> the channel on your TV, costs around $8 a month if you want it).
> I will definitely have to wait and see the other offers, but the above
> mentioned service is already active in Milan (I'm in Rome) and customer
> feedback so far has been fairly good. I'll let you know.
OK keep me informed.
Marc
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