When your sending CD ISO's and tar.gz's that are gig's large, I will take 768k upstream over 384K anyday. That extra 40K of upstream really helps. You may do ALOT more downloading than uploading, in which case your connection is great. I happen to do alot of uploading as well, or wanting to use my connection away from home. Connecting to my machines at home and pull down an ISO to burn from a friends house or a clients office. Again that extra 40K comes in handy. And if I ever end up doing more consulting on the side, I may considering going 1.1/1.1 or a 1.5/1.5. Speakeasy offers residential 1.5/1.5 at $300 a month. "Thomas T. Veldhouse" wrote: > I can do all these things on my 1500/384 connection :) I am paying > $69/month. It will end though. That is what worries me. I give Covad 9 > months in the current economic conditions. I might just keep two DSL lines > (and selectively route traffic) during a few months of the time until I know > for sure. I am sicked of bridge mode DSL -- traffic on the same subnet > sometimes affects me with XO :( > > Tom Veldhouse > veldy at veldy.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jason Jorgensen" <jasonj at talkware.net> > To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 2:47 PM > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] DSL woes > > > What does importance have to do with WANTING speed? I am a computer geek > dang it! I > > ENJOY 768k/768k. Plus I do host domains and email and quake for friends > and family. I > > also telecommute to work. I also do consulting for random tasks that > sometimes involve > > internet related things. It makes doing what I do a heck of a lot easier. > Not to > > mention that Quake 3 ping rates between 15-40 ROCK!! > > > > > > > > > > > > Andrew Nemchenko wrote: > > > > > What exactly do you do at home that is so important that you can justify > paying $150 > > > a month for DSL? > > > > > > Jason Jorgensen wrote: > > > > > > > When onvoy dropped DSL I switched to speakeasy.net and to get the same > 768k/768k > > > > the charge is $150 a month instead of $70 from onvoy. Both go through > Covad. > > > > > > > > Bob Tanner wrote: > > > > > > > > > Quoting Thomas T. Veldhouse (veldy at veldy.net): > > > > > > Yep -- I use Covad for my DSL and I work for PSINet. I am > heading down a > > > > > > long slope to a bottomless pit. > > > > > > > > > > For all of you with the DSL woes, has the switch from providers > changed your > > > > > pricing at all? > > > > > > > > > > If so, how (cheaper, more expensive)? > > > > > > > > > > I think the problem is that this national dsl providers are playing > the pricing > > > > > game against cable and they are loosing. Cable has the whole revenue > model from > > > > > the TV service, so IP stuff is just frosting. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Bob Tanner <tanner at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 > > > > > http://www.mn-linux.org | Fax : (952)943-8500 > > > > > Key fingerprint = 02E0 2734 A1A1 DBA1 0E15 623D 0036 7327 93D9 7DA3 > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > tclug-list mailing list > > > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > ------ http://USFamily.Net/info - Unlimited Internet - From > $8.99/mo! ------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > tclug-list mailing list > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list