Also, while not as good as DSL or cable, there are some satellite systems that offer 2-way satellite. They are not entirely Linux friendly though. On 26 Apr 2002 at 15:23, Tom Buskey wrote:
> > Benjamin Scott said: > >On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, at 12:51pm, Ben Boulanger wrote: > >> A bad cablemodem is better than any good dialup in my opinion! > > > > Some cable ISPs have areas that are so screwed up, the effective average > >available bandwidth approaches zero. Even a modem is better than that. > > I have sympathy for those that can't get high speed access. Everytime > I visit my mom I feel the pain. > > I have a cable modem and haven't experienced problems with it. In fact, > I've seen coworkers have more problems with their DSL lines (down for a > week). I helped a friend set up a firewall with his DSL and noticed > he's got less bandwidth and higher latency. > > I have had outages. Once for almost 2 days. Usually for an hour or less. > And there is a small slowdown after 5pm, but not enough to worry about. > > I think I'm lucky here. I live in a condo & they redid the cable when > we had the sewers put in 2 years ago. I think most of my neighbors > don't use their computers much. > > > > > -- > ------- > Tom Buskey > > > > ***************************************************************** > To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. > ***************************************************************** -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Associate Director Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
