Matt is correct - this worked for someone here at work
this week. Even though I don't have broadband at
home, I won't use Comcast. I can't get DSL, and I
will refuse to sign up with "the only game in town".
Now, if I understand correctly, I'm going to go from a
single option to none. If Comcast does anything that
makes it harder to hook up a Linux system to their
service, it's no longer something I'd even consider. Not Linux friendly - not for me!
Its a computer. If you use linux, you have to Make it work.
That's like saying "its not Jewish friendly" about a cheese doodle. It was designed for people. You're a person. Eat.
No biggie.. I'll use 4Mbps/384Kbps for $50/mo, you have fun with dialup.
FYI, they don't make it hard. I've never connected anything but a FreeBSD box to my cable modem. When/if a tech comes out and wants to use my windows box (yes, I said windows. It's better for some things, so I use it. I like good things, no matter who makes them) I just tell them "let me set it up real quick.. if it doesn't work, you can plug my windows box in." Lo and behold, registering a cable modem through NAT works every time.
Not sure if that's the case with this new system grishnav is talking about... but so what? I bet you can make it work, and then reap the benefits of 4 Mbps. (5 Mbps if you pay $10/mo more)
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