On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, christopher neitzert wrote: > One advantage over SBC is that I dont have to spend $300 on some crap > speedstream dsl modem, and its not pppoe.
SBC usually runs a special where if you get a 1 year commitment, they give you a speedstream modem (GIVE, not loan... my commitment is long up, and I could sell the modem on ebay if I wanted). I've never understood... what do people have against pppoe? I've seen these common arguments, for which I will respond: Gripe: It's difficult to set up. Response: Windows pppoe is hella easy. Unix consists of running adsl-setup (part of rp-pppoe) and answering a few questions. Gripe: You get a different IP every time you connect. Response: That's only because the dsl provider configured the pppoe server that way. Likewise, a dhcp-based ISP could set the lease time to be a day and you'd essentially be in the same predicament. Dyndns is your friend. That, or pay $20 extra for the 5 static IPs. Gripe: Tunneling is wasteful. Response: I shall truly miss those 8 bytes in the MTU that are taken up by the LCP header. Gripe: Tunneling is CPU intensive. Response: My router (a P2 233) can saturate a 1.5/128 connection without blinking. Gripe: You get disconnected all the time. Response: Really? I've maintained a connection for weeks, sometimes months at a time. And any pppoe client worth its weight will try to automatically connect. Gripe: It's unnatural. Response: So is DHCP. Everybody should be able to get a 768k SDSL line for $40/mo with their own static /30. Ahh Telocity, how I missed the 6 days you remained in business... Did I miss anything? RF _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
