[ale] OT- Transition to fast access

[Charles Marcus]

> From: Armsby John-G16665 [mailto:John.Armsby at motorola.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 8:53 AM
>
> I apologize for being off topic BUT I need to get off dial
> up.  Since I live in Dacula, outside of Atlanta, dslreports
> shows I am 36,000 from the CO.
>
> I have a few questions...
>
> 1.  Can I assume that (Earthlink) dsl is a complete waste of
> time?  For $50/month I would like a decent speed.

Yes, I think it is a waste of time - I don't even think they'd attempt an
install at that distance.

> 2.  Charter Communications supports my area.  If I go with
> cable, is there anything special I have to do when I want to
> connect the modem to a Linksys switch/hub, enabling internal
> network access?  Do I have to register the mac address of the
> Ethernet card with the provider and then change it if I
> insert the Linksys unit?

The good news here is, of the 5 or 6 cable installations I've seen/helped
set up, they were *all* faster than DSL.  And the users did not report any
significant slowdown during peak usage hours - but if they were only
browsing the web, they may not nitice it if there were.

Go with the cable, and don't look back.

Charles


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