Yep - and if you get high latency 18 KB/s connection via cable - you are likely better off with the IDSL. Tom Veldhouse veldy at veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Perry Hoekstra <dutchman at uswest.net> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 11:35 AM Subject: Re: [TCLUG:19294] DSL/Cable service > Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote: > > > > 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%. > > Glad I did not buckle under to the sweet song of the salesperson. I > hate paying $50.00 bucks a for something like that. Trouble is, I am > only in IDSL range right now. > > > -- > Perry Hoekstra > Consultant > Talent Software Services > dutchman at mn.uswest.net > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org