"Dr . Sharukh K . R . Pavri ." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am getting a choice of braodband access in the sense that I am being offered
> DSL (Dishnet) and Cable access (Hathway). both are costing *almost*
> the same
Dishnet SUCKS bad. Dont touch them with a 20 foot pole.
> as far as monthly/yearly dues, though if I opt for a personal cable modem, I
> will have to pay a little more (~8000 bucks) for the modem.
You can rent the cablemodem from them and pay a few hundred rupees extra
per month.
> I want to know if someone has used these services. Which one would be
> preferable. What should I look out for ? What are the queries I need to get
> answered from both these chaps ? I already asked if they are blocking
> port 80
You get a static IP from Hathway - go for it. Be warned however that
with most cablemodems, bandwidth will be poor, and not the same in both
directions.
Then again, I sure hope they filter port 80, thanks to Nimda and other
such rubbish. A few other ports, such as Netbios etc should also be
filtered ... they could exempt your IP from those filters, yeah - but as
a general rule, a cablemodem network MUST filter upstream of it, to
protect people from the effects of unpatched win98 + an "always on"
broadband connection.
--srs
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