Beth, you can check the bellsouth web for their dsl, fastaccess.com to see if your area in oldham county is capable of getting the service, I have a cable modem from insight because our house(blankenbaker road and US 42) still does not qualify for dsl. At first we had ALOT of problems with it, but for the last year and half, its been fine. We have a airport extream base station connected to the modem and run two to three macs with no problems, my wife uses AOL with no problems, IMing our kids (away at college) all the time. I think broadband from a satellite company like Dish is still pretty expensive, last time I checked, around $120/month. Good luck with whatever you decide on. Mike On Jan 26, 2005, at 4:30 PM, Rex Baldazo wrote:
> I've got DSL service thru IgLou.com and have no major complaints.? The > upside is you are supporting a local company, the downside is that > they are using SBC phone lines as the medium for their DSL service.? > So you do have to have SBC local phone service, in addition to IgLou's > DSL service. > ? > I believe SBC offers bundled deals where you can get phone and DSL > from them for less than the a-la-carte price of going the SBC/IgLou > route.? Just read the fine print before you sign--some of the SBC > deals are for the first few months only, then the price goes up > substantially. > ? > Either way, I think you'll almost certainly want a router.? A hub is > fine if you plan on paying for the IP address of every computer on > your network.? But personally I'm a major cheapskate so I'm paying for > one, and the router lets me connect all my computers thru that one IP > address.? There's lots of inexpensive routers that have built-in hubs > so you don't need a separate hub. > ? > --- Rex. > ? > ? > ? > From: owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > [mailto:owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu] On Behalf Of Beth > Ernst > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 3:27 PM > To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Subject: MacGroup: High speed access newbie > > I recently married and my husband and I are considering moving up to > high speed access from our individual AOL dial-up accounts. We are not > set on sticking with AOL, though he?s addicted to his Instant > Messaging, and are considering alternatives. He has (gasp!) a Windoze > machine running XP. I have a Macintosh G4 running Jaguar. We will want > to share the high speed access and if possible I?d like to set up a > small network consisting of the two computers and an old LaserWriter > 16/600 I got from work. I also bring home my Powerbook from work > occasionally and would like to be able to connect it to the network as > well. > > Can I get some feedback on the various types of high speed access > available in the local area (we are in Oldham County) as far as ease > of setup and what is required for each? I know that AOL has high speed > access as does Bell South, Insight and Dish Network. Are there any > others I should consider and what are the pros and cons of each? > > I know I will need a small network hub, but will I need a router too? > Any recommendations on these? > > -- > Thanks, > Beth > > > Fastline Publications Inc.?DISCLAIMER: > > This communication is confidential and may be legally privileged. > > If you are not the intended recipient, (i) please do not read or > disclose to others, (ii) please notify the sender by reply mail, and > (iii) please delete this communication from your system. Failure to > follow this process may be unlawful. Thank you for your cooperation. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 4719 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050127/1bb62e22/attachment.bin
