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RE: next question - cable access vrs DSL

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Subject: RE: next question - cable access vrs DSL
From: David Cole <dgcole01@bellsouth.net>
Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 08:46:31 -0500
I don't own a notebook, but if I did I could use it away from 
home.  Bellsouth let's you use your same id/password with their regular 
dialup #'s.  Did it once when the dsl went down for a couple of hours.

Later,

David Cole

At 10:09 PM 5/22/2002 -0500, Bob Dicke wrote:
>What do you guys do if you are away from home and using a notebook?
>
>Bob Dicke
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: shop-talk-owner@autox.team.net
>[mailto:shop-talk-owner@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of David Cole
>Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 9:32 PM
>To: shop-talk@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: next question - cable access vrs DSL
>
>
>I have the Bellsouth DSL. Been on it for about 9 months. Very pleased
>overall. Have had a couple of outages that were fixed promptly, but no
>worse than the dialup isp I used for 4 yrs. (Earthlink)
>
>Bellsouth was offering a free modem in the past few weeks. When I got mine
>the modem was $75. Paid for the modem on my phone bill in 4 installments.
>It's a 3Com ADSL internal modem, was easy to install. Just plug n play.
>Bellsouth is $45 per month as long as you have at least one of the phone
>co. extra services like call waiting etc. $49 if you don't have any extras
>on the phone. For the price you get 5? (I think) mailbox addresses and 10MB
>web space
>
>I will never go back to dialup. The speed is no comparision. Here is a good
>site to check your actual download/upload speed (not what your connection
>icon says you have).
>
><http://www.dslreports.com/stest?loc=1>
>
>Just click on the start button in the middle.
>
>My connection for downloads measured 1198 kbps and uploads was 217 kpps. So
>download is 21X faster than a 56K dialup modem on downloads and close to 4X
>faster on uploads. Anything over the 1Mbit range is pretty fast. This was
>at 9:15 pm central. A peak time. During off peaks it will hit 1300 kbps and
>220 kbps. This is on an indicated connection of 1472 kbps down and 256 kbps
>up.
>
>My brother has a cable modem (Charter Cable). His downloads average
>~700kbps and uploads are around 220 kbps. But it does slow down more than
>mine during peak times. Cable does have the one advantage of no distance
>limit. Bellsouth told me that you have to be within 18,000 feet of a switch
>box for their dsl to work. You can go to their site and find out by putting
>in your phone #.
><http://www.bellsouth.net/>
>
>Later,
>
>David Cole
>
>
>At 02:49 PM 5/22/2002 -0500, JNiolon@uss.com wrote:
>
>I'm considering joining the high speed internet world...
>
>I see ads for cable access and for bellsouth DSL...
>
>what's the difference in speed, connectivity, necessary equipment ?
>
>I understand the cable needs a new service to the computer and a cable
>modem
>I assume that DSL need similar or a net work card...
>
>is one actually faster or better than the other... or should price drive my
>decision
>
>john

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