Re: [TCLUG:19294] DSL/Cable service

["Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net>]

I haven't checked - but I am willing to bet latency sucks with Charter as
well - which is a major reason for Broadband.

Tom Veldhouse
veldy@veldy.net

----- Original Message -----
From: <andy@theasis.com>
To: <tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 11:34 AM
Subject: Re: [TCLUG:19294] DSL/Cable service


> 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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