DSL Providors

[Raul A. Gallegos]

Amanda.

Amanda Lee said the following on Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 11:32:27PM -0400:
> Okay I know but it requires more work on the part of the user who
> generally isn't even sophisticated enough to install a an anti-virus
> program.  I have heard of Cable users really getting the ole hack job! and
> not as often with DSL.  The other issue I have is that the load on the
> network really doesn't provide the user with the speed that Cable
> providers make claims of.
> 
These are good points.  Part of this is because of what Frank states in
an earlier message that cable modems used to allow you to see everyone
on your segment.  This added to the poor security.  I remember a friend
of mine telling me he saw a neighbor of his had a 20 gig hard drive and
so when my friend would download mp3's he would store them on that
unknowing neighbor's hard drive until he burned them to a cd. *lol* talk
about free on line storage.  If my friend would have been malicious he
could have fdisk on that person's hard drive.  So yes I agree that it's
less secure like that but I think now a-days things are much better.  As
far as not being very technical that is why you can ask us geaks
especially if you have Linux, we can just remotely go in and setup
ipchains or iptables and get you all setup.

> Also beware of providers who claim that a  telephone line is qualified
> for DSL.  I've been going round and round with Verizon DSL and the Central
> Office which serves the lines to my home.

This is one of my biggest problems with southwestern bell.  I live 8000
feet from the c/o and last year they first told me I qualified, then
they sent me the speedstream box, then they said I didn't qualify due to
distance and poor lines.  Then they said I did, then I didn't.  So I
gave up and got Earthlink dsl.  They installed my service within 15 days
and it worked perfectly.  Only beef I have with dynamic ip addressing is
ppp oe, I feel it's crap.  So after Earthlink DSL I got Sprint ION which
still uses Earthlink for it's internet portion but it's static IP and
it's bridged instead of pppoe.  But the whole reason why this thread
started was because Sprint ION is no more. sniff sniff.

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