[ale] Bellsouth ADSL? Restrictions ? Alternatives ?

[Chris Ricker]

On Tue, 20 Jul 1999, andy wrote:

> 
> 
> Dave Brooks wrote:
> 
> > As mentioned a few times before, If you're strictly looking for ADSL,
> > (SDSL is symmetrical!  Check ComStar Communications for more information
> > - http://www.comstar.net) I would recommend ATLNet, also.  True, they
> > resell BellSouth's service, but they provide a static IP, DNS, Are
> > *VERY* linux-friendly and let you run multiple machines behind your
> > connection.  I worked directly with Todd on my installation, and he was
> > very helpful and informative.  The only drawback is a 2GB/mo bandwidth
> > limit -- but hey, for casual home use, should be no problem.
> >
> >
> 
> The 2GB limit might be a problem for games I play
> Quake2 / 3 and Unreal.

Heh.  I probably do 4 GB a week or so between transferring files back and
forth to work, snagging various source trees, and the (legal, no less)
concerts-in-mp3 thing I'm helping with....  2 gigs may sound like a lot if
you're used to a modem, but its really not much when you consider that *DSL
is (a) tolerably fast and (b) quite stable, meaning that you can do things
like start a download of that RH 6 .iso, come back 4 hours later, and it's
done.

later,
chris

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Chris Ricker                                               kaboom at gatech.edu
                                              chris.ricker at genetics.utah.edu