� -----Original Message----- � From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] � [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Prakash Advani � Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 12:07 PM � To: GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India � Subject: [ILUG-BOM] Cable Modem [offtopic] � � � Most cable modems directly connect to the Ethernet Cable, so � Linux compatibility shouldn't be a problem right? � � Should I buy or rent a cable modem? Are there people selling old cable � modems?
Hi, I dont think you need to buy a cable modem unless you require a high speed line or thinking of providing connections further down the line. In most cases you need to buy a lan card and then ask your cable-guy to give the connection to you. If you buy a NIC yourself, it would cost between 250 - 350 rs. but people often are charged 700 as nic price (this i have seen in 3 cases). make sure you first ask him price of nic he is offering and then tell him that you are buying it yourself...so that he would deduct that amount from your installation charges. the person would then put the ethernet cable from a nearest hub to your pc. even if you buy the cable modem from him/other source, i doubt how many isps in mumbai allow that, even if they do, keep an eye on your transfer rates as the cable modem can be bandwidth throttled easily by upstream host (ISP). Buying modem could be expensive and speed benefits would not be much IMHO Thanks and Regards, Kiran Ghag Software Engineer @ Patni Computers, India Work Phone: +91 (22) 2829 1454 Extension 5236 Web Page: http://kiran7.freeservers.com _____ The primary purpose of the DATA statement is to give names to constants; instead of referring to pi as 3.141592653589793 at every appearance, the variable PI can be given that value with a DATA statement and used instead of the longer form of the constant. This also simplifies modifying the program, should the value of pi change. -- FORTRAN manual for Xerox Computers � http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
