Re: [TCLUG:14628] RE: Napster

[Philip C Mendelsohn <mend0070@tc.umn.edu>]

On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, Yaron wrote:

>   Hi,
> 
> On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, Philip C Mendelsohn wrote:
> 
> > Isn't it $50 + $30 for cable in the first place?
> 
> You get cable for $30??? 

No -- I don't get cable at all!  (I have a hard time paying to watch
commercials!<g>)

Actually, I'm on a 56K connection, going through the U right now (cause I
can, and it's nearly free.)

But let me get feedback, and youse guys answer this question as if I were
a newbie, which is pretty damn close to true in this case:

Say a guy (or gal) wanted to start from square one, and buy a static IP
and internet access, so he could do his own teeny little e-mail acct and
web page server, under his own domain name.

The person is question is a Linux user, and has between 4 and 6 machines
available, but isn't much of a networking person (though has plenty of
deep technical knowledge in other fields -- i.e., at least average
intelligence.)  So, the tinkering isn't the catch.

What are the best options, as far as phone/access companies go?  Is this
person going to have to pay more for ISP access than someone running
Mac/M$?  (Why are companies allowed to discriminate against customers
based on *their* ignorance?)  How much a month / set up would this run?

I ask for my own information, but it occurs to me that these are all
questions that could be added to a "Self-ISP-HOWTO" of some sort, which
I'd like to write.

Was my question clear?

Phil M

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