OT: DSL Woes

Chuck McManis <cmcmanis@mcmanis.com>@classiccmp.org on 07/19/2001 03:21:47 PM Please respond to classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org Sent by: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org cc: Subject: Re: OT: DSL Woes (was RE: Plato terminal At 01:31 PM 7/19/01 -0500, you wrote: services And you wonder why they went out of business? DSL can be much more reliable than Cable Modems but it does have to be installed properly, and you need to have the correct filter at the junction box to prevent interference with line noise. --Chuck -------------------------------------------------------- Very true. Qwest (Formerly U.S.Worst,er West) in Cedar Rapids Iowa has fairly decent DSL. They don't futz around with your computer like the @Home cable modem folks do. I've had 256k DSL for about 9 months now and had about 37 minutes of down time. (~20 min, and then ~17 min a couple months later) Of course I live in a bedroom community about 5 blocks from the TelCo switch. <grin> My only gripe is that the Cisco 675 DSL router/modem they sold me MUST be in routing mode, not bridging mode, and it does not have the capability to do port forwarding. <sigh> So you can't run a server to save your soul. - M.S.