Subject: Re: HS Acess question
From: William F. Hostman (aramis@gci.net)
Date: Wed Sep 27 2000 - 20:32:14 MDT
>Hi Yellowdoggers,
>
>I am considering moving on up to some high speed access and I have been
>barraged with offers from Verizon's DSL service and Time Warner's Roadrunner
>cablemodem service. Can anyone tell me what the differences are between DSL
>and Cablemodem? Also, I remember reading some time ago a posting about PPPoE
>issues. What exactly is PPPoE and how could it affect me?
>
>Thanks a bunch y'all!
>
>Bondster
Cablemodem varies by ISP. My isp allows up to 8 dhcp ip's per cable modem.
I get 56KBPS upload and 256 d/l. 3 gigs per month transfer limit, with
higher being charged for. I also get 4 emails, plus 10mb webspace, and
back-up/roaming dialup all for $50 per month. Static IP's cost me more ($10
each), and authoization to run a server is another $10 per month per
cablemodem (Not per server!) and also increases to 96K u/l and 512 KBps d/l.
DSL, locally (Anchorage, Alaska), is $60 a month, 256 KBps d/l 56 KBps u/l,
and requires one to be withinn 3 miles of the switching center... and has a
no server policy and a single computer only policy. in short, coverage is
about 20% of the local area, vs 90% for cablemodem/CATV. Plus no roaming
dialup.
In my area, the d/l speed (in kbytes per second) runs about 20-25 kb per
second, even at peak; the problems are with the local ISP's tye-ins being
shared.
aside from the obvious limitations based upon geographical acess, DSL
requires modifications to the phone jacks (most do not require hosehold
rewireing, some versions do), and cable modem requires the cablemodem be
fairly close to the point of entry to the house (In my case the cablemodem
and 10-Base-T hub are under the couch, 2 feet from the wall-plate... and
the rest of the hardware is eneted to it).
check with the ISP's for ALL the details. And remember, some isp's have
different pricing, useage limitations, and availability by area. And
telephone lines are often above ground while cable is frequently below
ground: check out which is more likely to have interruptions in your area.
For me, both are on high tension wire above ground.
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