broadband connectivity advice

[Alex Snow]

also, the general technical knoledge of your isp's techs is usually 
the "I know where the control pannel is" type. they may know how to 
plug in a network card but that may be foggy at best.
On Mon, Jan 05, 
2004 at 06:27:56PM -0600, Cheryl Homiak wrote:
> Hi chuck and all.
> I use charter cable and have had no problems. In fact, when I tried to
> switch to tds dsl, my actual download speeds were quite a bit slower than
> my cable connection.
> In my case, the technician came and plugged the modem in and set up the
> cable box. after that, dhcpcd did everything else. I'm not sure what
> differences exist between different cable setups.
> and I know what you mean about not going back to a dialup connection. I
> help to maintain a friend's system; she is on dialup and upgrading and
> downloading on her system drive me completely crazy. certainly better than
> no connection at all, but would be hard to live with after you've
> experienced high speed, except as a backup for emmergencies or for use
> when traveling on a laptop.
> Let us know how it goes; I had absolutely no setup problems but others may
> have had more difficulties.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Cheryl
> 
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