James Powell wrote: > > Which is faster DSL or Cable Modem? An AT&T Broadband salesman came to > my door the other day selling Broadband. He said that my entire street > had just been wired with fiber optic, and that he wanted to sign me up > for local telephone service, cable TV, and the Internet through the > fiber optic cable. Since there were no contracts to sign it sounded > interesting, but I told him I would think about it. He said fine and > left me a couple of slick glossy brochures to look over. In the fine > print on the glossy for the Internet connection it said: "Ethernet > device may be required for service and is available from AT&T Broadband > for and additional $49.95. What Ethernet device are they referring to? > I always thought that Ethernet had to do with local area networks. Is > this something that I need to be concerned with, with my one PC at > home? > > Thanks > > -jp
Here in Houston, I have cable at home on a PC and DSL at work on a MAC. I don't see any appreciable difference between the two. DSL was a pain to get working. I worked on it for three days and it required a visit from two SBS techs before it finally connected. (The problem was at the DSLAP, whatever that is.) The cable just plugged in and worked. You will need an ethernet card to connect to the network that provides internet service. I've never known a case where any ethernet card wouldn't work, and I sure wouldn't buy one from them for $49, but I wouldn't necessarily see how cheap I could get one. Stay with recognized manufacturers. But I'm curious, the phone company is selling TV also? I realize this is not a chat board, so feel free to email if you want, but others may also like to know. -- Kelly Younger ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
