seeking advice for speeders

[Gregory Nowak]

Hi Chuck and all,

Ok, I'm actually preparing to jump on the dsl band wagon as well.
You won't have to put any hardware into your pc if you get an external
dsl router. As for the install being free, I don't think I've ever
heard of that before, unless this is some kind of limited time
promotional deal.
If you end up getting dsl, you can get rid of your
second line, since dsl and phone signals can
both go over the same line
(you just put a filter between your garden variety phone
and wall jack to filter the digital signals) (you can of course use your phone while you're on the net).
As for the install, that of course varies from isp to isp.
My isp says that they will handle Linux installs on a case by case basis.
Well, that's just my penny's worth on the subject.
Greg


On Sat, Jul 14, 2001 at 07:10:04AM -0400, Charles Hallenbeck wrote:
> I really appreciate all the responses so far -
> 
> I had a long talk with a phone company sales rep the other day and he made
> the whole thing sound so easy and inexpensive that I now do not believe a
> word he told me! Am I paranoid, or are some of these things suspicious? He
> assures me I will not have to change my ISP when I sign up for DSL. He
> says the modem is free, no installation fee, no hardware needs to be put
> inside my machine. He says the disk that comes with it has software both
> for Windows and for Linux systems. He says I can puyt it on my one and
> only line (although I presently have two) and use it without affecting
> incoming or outgoing voice calls.
> 
> I understand about bandwidth sharing - the economics and time-of-day
> distribution problem, but hell, I have that problem even now occasionally,
> although my ISP has greatly improved its throughput in the last year or
> so. The system supervisor at my ISP is a Linux freak too
> (woops! enthusiast) although the tech support staff is not. He monitors
> their email traffic, so when I ask  a question of them he has often
> intercepted my queries himself - he says he "looks forward" to my
> email. Well hell, I look forward to his too. I have not yet talked to my
> ISP about it, because I expect they will badmouth DSL in view of their
> promotional stuff right now. The phone company had nothing to say about
> cable at all.
> 
> The monthly cost for me with DSL would be about twice what I am presently
> paying for my second line, which is easily within my budget. I am leaning
> toward DSL.
> 
> Thanks again - Chuck
> 
> 
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