Tom Hudak <thudak at sistina.com> writes:

> fingertips (Good thing I'm a nice responsible guy.). Go with cable,
> you'll love it until 2 or 3 other people jump on and your 2Mbit line drops to
> 700K, and then a couple more jump on, and it's at 300k, and then you hit peak
> and your crawling along the net at a couple bytes a second. (This is all based
> on previous experience with att/mediaone broadband 2 way cable.) Oh, and did

I was wondering about that.  All of the guys at work I've talked to have had
great downloads, none of what you're talking about.  

> mention they don't like it when you run http/ftp/dns/smtp/imap over their
> lines? And did you know that at any time they reserve the right to monitor
> your surfing habits and take appropriate actions?(Whatever those are. (Oh, and
> they can and do sell that very information to anyone who's got green.)) My
> suggestion is bypass the cable crap, bypass the qwest crap and go straight to
> covad/speakeasy DSL. It's a little more, for about 40kbps less, but you get

Unfortunatly there isn't any DSL in Maple Grove, besides IDSL which is 144k.
If anyone can find a switch that does, let me know.

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For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels 
nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any 
powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all 
creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that 
is in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 8:38-39