A 10/100 card will be just find. Most computers that I'm involved in have one installed. You can also get an external ethernet adapter that plugs i= nto your USB connection. I have an Intel PCI card and cable is easy to instal= l. This is great if you ever need to reformat. Re-installing the cable is re= al easy.Cost is another factor. DSL is $49.95 mo. plus my phone bill. Cable = is $29.95 mo and I can add other computers to the cable. DSL will not give m= e that option.Cost to add each PC is $6.00 mo.My cable service is Comcast.=0D =0D -------Original Message-------=0D =0D From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]=0D Date: Thursday, December 20, 2001 14:42:25=0D To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]=0D Subject: Re: PCWorks: DSL or Cable Modem?=0D =0D James Powell wrote:=0D > =0D > Which is faster DSL or Cable Modem? An AT&T Broadband salesman came to=0D > my door the other day selling Broadband. He said that my entire street=0D > had just been wired with fiber optic, and that he wanted to sign me up=0D > for local telephone service, cable TV, and the Internet through the=0D > fiber optic cable. Since there were no contracts to sign it sounded=0D > interesting, but I told him I would think about it. He said fine and=0D > left me a couple of slick glossy brochures to look over. In the fine=0D > print on the glossy for the Internet connection it said: "Ethernet=0D > device may be required for service and is available from AT&T Broadband= =0D > for and additional $49.95. What Ethernet device are they referring to?=0D > I always thought that Ethernet had to do with local area networks. Is=0D > this something that I need to be concerned with, with my one PC at=0D > home?=0D > =0D > Thanks=0D > =0D > -jp=0D =0D Here in Houston, I have cable at home on a PC and DSL at work on a MAC.=0D I don't see any appreciable difference between the two. DSL was a pain=0D to get working. I worked on it for three days and it required a visit=0D from two SBS techs before it finally connected. (The problem was at the=0D DSLAP, whatever that is.) The cable just plugged in and worked.=0D You will need an ethernet card to connect to the network that provides=0D internet service. I've never known a case where any ethernet card=0D wouldn't work, and I sure wouldn't buy one from them for $49, but I=0D wouldn't necessarily see how cheap I could get one. Stay with recognized=0D manufacturers.=0D But I'm curious, the phone company is selling TV also? I realize this is=0D not a chat board, so feel free to email if you want, but others may also=0D like to know.=0D =0D =0D -- =0D Kelly Younger
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