VanLUG Email Archive
David Raufeisen (davidr@linux.com)
Sat, 11 Sep 1999 00:20:31 -0700
* Randall Clark (wz297@victoria.tc.ca) [990911 00:09]:
> I currently have both ADSL and @home. I am going to be getting rid of my
> @home connection for the following reasons:
>
> 1) ADSL is faster (very noticeable)
Really? I get 300+k/sec down from good lines (not all the time of course, but
regularly) and 50k/sec up.
What does adsl get?
> 2) ADSL does not share bandwidth with any other users on the network.
> 3) ADSL allows you to run servers.
Without paying extra? I haven't been bothered before, you wouldn't really want
to use adsl or cable for a serious server anyway.
> 4) ADSL is more stable. (Shaw has been down 12 times as where ADSL has been
> down once in 4 months.
I'm down at least once a month with cable =\
> 5) ADSL has more upgrade packages available up to 1 megabit upstream and 3
> down, for $130.00 per month.
> 6) ADSL now costs the same as cable. ( for the basic package.)
> 7) ADSL has real technicians that are used to hooking up T1 and T3 lines
> installing your connection.
Roger's doesn't?
> 8) Linux is far easer setting up using ADSL than Cable.
really? ifconfig and route for cable, what is easier with adsl?
>
> One draw back I have found using ADSL is that their technical service is
> pretty much non existent if you are using the sympatico service. But you
> have more choices to use other ISP's as your service provider.
> If you need any more info let me know.
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