Re: [TCLUG:19294] DSL/Cable service

["Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net>]

My solution exactly.  I have just such a system through VISI.com and USWest.

Tom Veldhouse
veldy@veldy.net

----- Original Message -----
From: Brian <marshmallowmateys@email.com>
To: <tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: [TCLUG:19294] DSL/Cable service


> ------Original Message------
> From: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net>
> To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org
> Sent: June 29, 2000 5:53:04 PM GMT
> Subject: Re: [TCLUG:19294] DSL/Cable service
>
>
> I haven't checked - but I am willing to bet latency sucks with Charter as
> well - which is a major reason for Broadband.
>
> Tom Veldhouse
> veldy@veldy.net
>
> Charter in general has latency problems.  In St. Cloud we basically have 2
> choices, either Charter or Astound.  When I had a cable modem, I was using
> Astound and their downtime was unbearable.  They were constantly having
> routers dropping out, and usually no techs that knew enough to
> reboot/reconfigure them.  My friend has Charter and although has never
> experienced a second of downtime, has noticed major latency problems.  I
> think Charter may have some misconfigured routers upstream that are
slowing
> things down (routing loops and what not).  My solution to this whole
problem
> was getting ADSL :-).  99% uptime, 256k minimum speed at all times.  There
> really is no substitute in my opinion.  Ok, a T1 would be nice but $800/mo
> is a bit spendy :-)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <andy@theasis.com>
> To: <tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 11:34 AM
> Subject: Re: [TCLUG:19294] DSL/Cable service
>
>
> > That may not be great -- may be a bit oversubscribed, or just not
> > optimized. But it still beats the hell out of ISDN, and is
> > presumably cheaper.
> >
> > Andy
> >
> > > A friend of mine is using Charter in Apple Valley.  It is much faster
> than
> > > dial-up - but he is seeing 18KB/s downloads - which is far slower than
> what
> > > they advertised (I believe it was advertised as 400Kb/s ~= 40KB/s).
He
> is
> > > getting less than 50%.
> > >
> > > Tom Veldhouse
> > > veldy@veldy.net
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Perry Hoekstra <dutchman@uswest.net>
> > > To: <tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
> > > Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 10:20 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [TCLUG:19294] DSL/Cable service
> > >
> > >
> > > > Ben Lutgens wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, Jun 29, 2000 at 09:33:05AM -0500, Jared Sprague wrote:
> > > > > >Hello,
> > > > > >Does anyone know of a highspeed internet provider that has
service
> in
> > > Eagan?
> > > > > >I just moved there and both my cable(MediaOne) and phone(USWest)
> dont
> > > offer
> > > > > >service to my street yet.
> > > > >
> > > > > With DSL, the high spped phone line has to come from us west. IF
> your
> > > area
> > > > > isn't coverd you are out of luck. Unless this has changed and
other
> > > telcos can
> > > > > offer DSL phone lines.
> > > >
> > > > Do you have a choice on cable?  I live in Lakeville and Charter
> > > > Communications offer cable modems.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Perry Hoekstra
> > > > Consultant
> > > > Talent Software Services
> > > > dutchman@mn.uswest.net
> > > >
> > >
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