Hi, Anyone know anything about Clearwire Broadband Wireless? Will it be Linux friendly?
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Re: internet service discussion (Bruce > Robertson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 16:56:17 -0800 > From: Grant Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [RLUG] internet service discussion > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Since the list has been quiet for a few days, I'll > try and spark up a > discussion about internet service. I'm sure the > discussion has > happened before, but a lot of things have probably > changed in this > competitive market. > > So what ISP do you go with? > > I've had Charter cable, which was great for > downloading, but crap for > uploading. I'm looking for a DSL service with at > least 3.0 Mbps > download, and as much upload as possible. I'd also > prefer not to have > a phone line be required (though this may not be > possible for DSL > technology). Dynamic IP address is OK. > > Any suggestions? > > Has anyone had experience with the new AT&T > (although it's probably > not much different from the SBC Yahoo! DSL). > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 17:41:07 -0800 > From: Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [RLUG] internet service discussion > To: Reno Linux Users Group <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Feb 15, 2006 5:40 PM > Subject: Re: [RLUG] internet service discussion > To: Grant Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Just FYI, the maximum (theoretical) speed of ADSL > (G.dmt) over POTS is 7Mbps > down and 800Kbps up; you can probably expect > somewhere in the 384Kbps range > for upload speed on a 3Mbps line. > > That said, and given recent DSL pricing, you should > be able to get 3M/384K > for somewhere between $30 and $50 per month. Your > out-the-door price will > probably be better if you *did* get the POTS line, > but there might be > someone out there that will sell you cheap ADSL > minus a dial tone. > > On 2/15/06, Grant Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Since the list has been quiet for a few days, I'll > try and spark up a > > discussion about internet service. I'm sure the > discussion has > > happened before, but a lot of things have probably > changed in this > > competitive market. > > > > So what ISP do you go with? > > > > I've had Charter cable, which was great for > downloading, but crap for > > uploading. I'm looking for a DSL service with at > least 3.0 Mbps > > download, and as much upload as possible. I'd also > prefer not to have > > a phone line be required (though this may not be > possible for DSL > > technology). Dynamic IP address is OK. > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > Has anyone had experience with the new AT&T > (although it's probably > > not much different from the SBC Yahoo! DSL). > > > > _______________________________________________ > > RLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug > > > > > > -- > If UNIX doesn't have the solution you have the wrong > problem. > UNIX is simple, but it takes a genius to understand > it's simplicity. > > -- > If UNIX doesn't have the solution you have the wrong > problem. > UNIX is simple, but it takes a genius to understand > it's simplicity. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://lists.rlug.org/pipermail/rlug/attachments/20060215/7cd8c5ba/attachment-0001.html > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 20:29:00 -0800 > From: Dennis Bagley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [RLUG] internet service discussion > To: Grant Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I've been on Hot Spot Broadband for about 16 months > now, which is a > point to point wireless. > > There have been a couple of glitches - and I have to > confess that really > crappy weather like we had a year ago January > can mess it up, but for the most part they have been > quite responsive. > > My download varies from 1.5 to 3.2 down and upload > varies from around .7 > to 1.2. The more I use a given connection > the higher and more stable it stays, which I > understand has something to > do with the technology. > > I have this at my office as well as at home and my > business partners' > homes. We've been fairly happy overall > but it ain't the cheapest solution. > > Dennis > > > On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 16:56 -0800, Grant Kelly > wrote: > > > Since the list has been quiet for a few days, I'll > try and spark up a > > discussion about internet service. I'm sure the > discussion has > > happened before, but a lot of things have probably > changed in this > === message truncated === _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
