Re: [TCLUG:19294] DSL/Cable service

[<andy@theasis.com>]

That may not be great -- may be a bit oversubscribed, or just not
optimized. But it still beats the hell out of ISDN, and is
presumably cheaper. 

Andy

> 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%.
> 
> Tom Veldhouse
> veldy@veldy.net
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Perry Hoekstra <dutchman@uswest.net>
> To: <tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 10:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [TCLUG:19294] DSL/Cable service
> 
> 
> > Ben Lutgens wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jun 29, 2000 at 09:33:05AM -0500, Jared Sprague wrote:
> > > >Hello,
> > > >Does anyone know of a highspeed internet provider that has service in
> Eagan?
> > > >I just moved there and both my cable(MediaOne) and phone(USWest) dont
> offer
> > > >service to my street yet.
> > >
> > > With DSL, the high spped phone line has to come from us west. IF your
> area
> > > isn't coverd you are out of luck. Unless this has changed and other
> telcos can
> > > offer DSL phone lines.
> >
> > Do you have a choice on cable?  I live in Lakeville and Charter
> > Communications offer cable modems.
> >
> > --
> > Perry Hoekstra
> > Consultant
> > Talent Software Services
> > dutchman@mn.uswest.net
> >
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