[ale] OT: DIRECTV DSL R.I.P.

[tfreeman at intel.digichem.net]

On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Fulton Green wrote:

> Umm, actually, Telocity/DIRECTV DSL assigned client IPs through DHCP as
> well.  But since the assignments rarely, if ever, changed, you could have
> considered your IP address to be static.
> 

In the time I have been with them, the assigned IP has never changed. The 
_one_ annoyance as noted has been the near required power cycle of the 
modem thingy on a regular basis. If I recall the initial paper work, the 
IP I would be assigned was printed on paper, which is static enough for 
me.


> And DHCP is definitely easier on the bandwidth than PPPoE.
> 
> On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 10:20:34AM -0500, cfowler wrote:
> > I like having the Telocity DSL.  I would say that I got tired of the
> > endless turn it off and let it sit for 5 seconds excuse I got from
> > DirecTV each time I had a problem.  
> > 
> > But if there should be any thing in the ALE FAQ it should be "Say no to
> > DHCP and PPOE".  So many people on here call BellSouth for fast DSL then
> > ask questions on getting it to work wiht Linux.  For us telocity was the
> > only thing to go with.
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