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Re: Cable Modem, Day 1: Elation and Nausea
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Thu, 19 Oct 2000 07:09:52 GMT
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Erik Olson wrote:
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> Wow. After 6 months of DSL he** (Covad/Bell Atlantic) that failed to deliver
> even a copper wire, I got a sales call from Road Runner, and was up and running
> (ha ha) on a cable modem within 3 business days. AMAZINGLY, Covad's stock
> crashed by 55% while the cable modem installers were here! Coincidence?
We've had the same problems here in Champaign-Urbana (Illinois) with
DSL delivery. McLeod put in two fiber rings around the twin cities
over a year ago, but still haven't made *DSL available to the public
despite promises to have it ready by January, 2000. AT&T hasn't been
any better, but they're finally delivering on 6 month-old promises.
The cable modem solution is nice, but the security concerns and
inability
to run any kind of server onsite are two prohibitive for me. I thought
it was too funny when I used it almost years ago and ran into slow
bandwidth
problems -- the tech guy suggested unhooking some of the cable lines
going to TVs in the house. :) We ended up using RADSL via an Ameritech
alarm circuit and two Pairgain modems; our ISP had an office right next
to the CO that they could just tap into.
Chris
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| (...) Yeah. The scuttlebutt is that they (RoadRunner) consider a personal firewall to be a violation of their Terms Of Use--if "they" understand the issue beyond being scared of it. LinkSys personal routers are *right out*. This is all rumor, (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Cable Modem, Day 1: Elation and Nausea
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| Wow. After 6 months of DSL he** (Covad/Bell Atlantic) that failed to deliver even a copper wire, I got a sales call from Road Runner, and was up and running (ha ha) on a cable modem within 3 business days. AMAZINGLY, Covad's stock crashed by 55% (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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