Okay, so it's been a month at 14.4 Kbps now. I have spent much of that
month helping Pacific Bell find out that my loop is 23 Kft as opposed to
19 Kft, and that Project Pronto won't hit my neighborhood for another
year.
Other IDSL providers in the area appear to be reselling Rhythms, which
is rumored to have very little life left in it. $0.29 is not a sign of
rosy prospects: http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=RTHM
Cable modem is not available in my neighborhood now, though the flyer
recently came out and they've been climbing the poles. However, I'm not
thrilled about using cable since my understanding is that you can't run
services from it. Additionally Excite@Home is having difficulties,
meaning ISP change is imminent.
Wireless via Sprint Broadband Direct -- line-of-sight, worth a try.
Asking them about fixed IP and services now.
Wireless via Metricom -- via www.wwc.com I could get fixed IP, but
latency is famously bad and their health is also quite questionable.
Satellite, Frame Relay, and ISDN -- ridiculously expensive. I can
justify about $100 a month for >=128 Kbps. I did think about sharing
with the neighbors for a few minutes, but I don't really need to add
bill collection and technical support to my list of extracurricular
activities.
Anything I overlooked, or should I just buy a better analog modem and
get used to dedicated dial-up?
--
Jack Coates
Monkeynoodle: It's what's for dinner!
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