RoadRunner only has a 56K upload speed and about 400K download (on a good day). You can get around the dynamic IP with one of the dynamic ip dns services like www.dyndns.org Joseph Key keyj001 at worldnet.att.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nate Carlson" <natecars at real-time.com> To: "Twin Cities Linux User Group" <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 10:25 PM Subject: [TCLUG] The internet sucks. (DSL/Cablemodem?) > Well, Onvoy is dropping my service with Covad (384k SDSL w/ 16-ip subnet > for $70/mo).. and, I signed up with InternetConnect and Northpoint, and > now Northpoint announces that they are not accepting new customers, and > new orders are now on hold (www.northpoint.net if you're curious.) So, > I'm screwed. The best I can do is get 128 up / 684 down ADSL through > Covad, but I want more than 128k upstream bandwidth. (No, I can't get > Qworst DSL) > > So, now, I'm kind of stuck. I'm running my personal web sites, e-mail, etc > off my home connection, and I want to keep it that way. I can get 684/128 > for $70/mo or so, but that's more than I want to pay for that bandwidth. > > This lead me into looking at cable modems. I'm in the Bloomington area. As > far as I can tell, I can get service from Road Runner, and that's it. They > don't offer Static IP's, so I'd rather not do that. > > Did I miss anything here? Are there any other alternatives for broadband > access that I missed? > > Worse comes to worse, I'll bond a couple ISDN lines together, or get frame > relay installed. But both of those get a little spendy.. > > Anyone? Help? > > > -- > Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 > http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500 > > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >