Hi Alvin
Thanks for the advice although I'm not sure how to combine the two 56K
connections. Has anybody been able to make two simultaneous connections to
the internet and balance the load properly ?. or could one fire up a second
one if the first one gets bogged down ?
One normal dial-up connection costs 3.5 cents per 3 minute call and the ISP
48 cents per hour. So two dial-up would be 7 cents for every 3 minutes and
96 cents per hour.
Unfortunately we are still in a monopoly situation - for my location and
ISP see www.vsnl.net.in.
Regards
Rajiv
At 06:11 PM 12/1/99 -0800, you wrote:
... why not just combine two
>plain old ordinary 56K connections ( $20/month) and combine it together...
>or get those "free net connection" promo offers and combine those two
>free connections together ??
>
>- guess ...the question is...
> dsl is a fad... like diets...but it is here to stay if its good...
>
>stay away from ISDN ... you donno how much your bill will be
>at the end of the month for see all those "useful" gif files in
>the html pages you go to visit...
>
>have fun
>alvin
>
>> Rajiv Ghai wrote:
>>
>> Hello everyone,
>> Seeing the discussion on ISDN and DSL, I have one for someone who is a
>> genius in Math.
>> We have a new DSL service provider starting up in town. He is offering a
>> 64k DSL connection with a $45 monthly charge for unlimited access time for
>> home users. There is only one restriction. You are limited to 1GB download
>> a month. If you exceed this then you pay the monthly charge again. Download
>> as clarified by them means any kind of download ie. ftp, browsing, mail
etc.
>>
>> I also have an option for 64K ISDN connection for which the phone company
>> charges me usage time at 3.5 cents for a minimum 3 minute local call, and
>> additonally the ISP $1.12 per hour. I wondered which is a better deal ?
>> I browse about an hour a day and download the odd 1-2MB file a week and get
>> around 40 e-mails a day (with the odd attachment) but never kept track of
>> the bytes. To muddy the water, the DSL guys claim their downloads are
>> faster so you save time!.
>> Based on the above information can anyone tell me which is a better deal
>> and who I should go with ?
>> A related question is that the DSL provider will install USB modems. I
>> thought USB did not work with Linux ?
>> Regards
>> Rajiv
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