[ale] Inexpensive broadband recommendations

[matty91 at bellsouth.net]

On Tue, 18 Feb 2003, Geoffrey wrote:

> John Wells wrote:
>
> > Just got off the phone with Moshe.  He said that basically, the internal
> > hardware available with the $49/month plan isn't supported very well under
> > Linux, and only a few people have been able to get it working and had
> > problems keeping it going.  He said you have to use some very specific
> > kernel versions to get it going and use a lot of spit and rubber bands.
> > He *highly* recommended going with the static ip/external hardware option.
>
> Fair enough.  For those who might be interested, the hardware the
> provide is a GreatSpeed pci dsl modem, model gs-p200x.
>
> >
> > Of course, I've used my share of spit and rubber bands in the past, but I
> > think for now the safest option is to stay with BS.  It works, I'm not
> > charged any extra (yet) based on high bandwidth, and I don't have to
> > purchase any additional hardware.  Keep me posted if SF has any rebate
> > deals on the hw in the future.
>
> I'm not so much interested in convincing you to change as suggesting to
> folks who are considering dsl to look at the other possibilities.  I
> personally wouldn't want to change either, what a hassle.
>
> I figured some of these dsl providers would eventually come up with a
> 'free hardware if you switch' deal, but I've not heard of any yet.  I
> guess they cost isn't justifiable.

Most DSL providers provide free *commodity* DSL modems to their customers.
The DSL profit margins are slim, so they usually request a long term
service commitment when they give things out for free. That has been my
experience with two DSL providers I have used in the past.

>
>
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>
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> Think about it...
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