[lug] DSL OR CABLE MODEM

[Nate Duehr]

Calvin,

If you're in Qwest DSL coverage areas you can choose Front Range 
Internet (frii.com) as your ISP instead, I've been very happy with them.

Nate

Calvin Dodge wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 08:44:02AM -0700, Yuko Jonah wrote:
> 
>>What really is the difference b/w dsl and cable modem. I have never use dsl before,but thinking of switching from cable modem to dsl due to price.
>>
> 
> My (limited) experience is that DSL will give you slower download speeds and faster upload speeds.  Typically, a cable modem will download at 150 KBps and upload at 13 KBps (both are enforced by AT&T, rather than hardware-limited). The numbers for low-end DSl are usually 64 KBps down and 25 KBps up.
> 
> FWIW, I like DirecTV's DSL service (www.directvdsl.com).  They give you a static IP address, and they say "servers are fine".  I especially enjoyed their install instructions - for Windows and Macintosh they give the typical GUI-style baby steps, while for Linux they say "if you're running Linux, you're competent to plug in the information without hand-holding from us".
> 
> Sadly, DirecTV DSL is not currently available in my part of Loveland, so I have to find some other reasonable (i.e., Linux-compativle) DSL service there.
> 
> Does anyone have any DSl recommendations for my area?
> 
> Calvin
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