21 Jul
2001
21 Jul
'01
12:03 p.m.
At 08:56 AM 7/21/01 -0500, James wrote:
DSl won't be offered in my suburban area (21 miles
from DT Dallas) until
3rd Qtr 2002, so I opted for ISDN. It was insanely easy to set up, it
costs about the same as DSL, but it never goes down. The download speed
is slower than DSL or cable, unlike most of the DSL or cable subscribers
around Dallas, the speed is a constant. My brother-in-law, who lives to
play TribesII or Unreal, has a cable modem that slows down drastically
at night when everyone is home and online. I'll probably get business
class DSL (5 static IP's and a dedicated router, 1.5mb dl. 384 up)when
it becomes available here, but I may keep the old reliable ISDN as a
backup anyway.
In that case consider getting a T-1 line. They are a _lot_ cheaper these
days, don't have distance limits and if you put an 802.11B repeater on your
roof and sell internet access to your neighbors to cover the cost. I've
often thought about getting a T-1 line pulled to the street and having half
a dozen of us geeks split the cost.
--Chuck