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RE: [TCLUG:1152] cable modems from mediaone
Please tell me who this is and if (s)he could share some of the config HOWTO
info, that'd be great!
Mark
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Kochie [SMTP:ben@nerp.net]
> Sent: Monday, September 14, 1998 12:57 PM
> To: tclug-list@listserv.real-time.com
> Subject: Re: [TCLUG:1152] cable modems from mediaone
>
> i'm not sure what your problems are.. but if you have the external cable
> box..
> it's no problem to hook up a linux box.. all you need is dhcpcd to get the
> IP
> address.. i know someone who uses it with his ip_masq router no problem
>
> On 14-Sep-98 Steve Siegfried wrote:
> >
> > Yeah, I've had it since Friday. If you're an AOL customer, you can
> > connect to AOL via the cable modem (using a TCP/IP connection). My
> > wife's eyes bugged out at how fast the three boxes they throw up for
> > "connecting" went by. The rest of AOL was equally fast.
> >
> > The MediaOne Express service works pretty well with W95. But _NOT_ with
> > Linux. Supposedly the cable-modem faq for Linux can get you through
> > hooking up a Linux box to their service, but I've yet to get that to
> > work.
> >
> > I have no knowledge about how the service works with a Mac.
> >
> > MediaOne's cable modem service in the TC is commonly called "one-way",
> > in that bits come _in_ from the cable and out go _out_ via a V34 modem
> > built into the cable-modem. Speed appears consistently to be 30-50
> > times faster than a modem for downloading. Uploading is what you see
> > with a modem (because it _is_ a modem).
> >
> > Cost is $49/month ($39 if you already have MediaOne's cable TV service).
> > They own the modem, so the only up-front costs is the cost associated
> > with getting the cable run to your 'puter (possibly from the street if
> > you don't already have cable).
> >
> > So the upside is: it's _fast_ downloading and cheaper then 128KB ISDN.
> >
> > Downsides are as follows:
> >
> > -Only W95, W98, NT and Mac are supported. Linux users <sigh>
> > are out of luck (or more properly, on their own.. there's a FAQ
> > in most Linux distributions for cable-modems).
> >
> > -It's only fast in one direction. Upload speed is at V.34 modem
> > speeds (ie: 33.6 _BITS_ per second, roughly 1/30'th of download
> > speed). Because of what I do for a living (I'm a Unix jock
> > working out of a home office), upload speed is important to me.
> > It'll be <sigh> at least 6-18 months before "two way" service
> > is available area wide. I'd really like to personally thank
> > whomever made _that_ decision!
> >
> > -You need netscape just to wake-up/shut-down the modem and the
> > connection hand-shake is _very_ slow (around 30 seconds, more
> > if you count loading netscape from disk).
> >
> > -Their network seems slow to respond. Ping times to the server
> > from my regular ISP are in the 200ms range. Ping times from my
> > PC to the cable-modem server, while faster, vary widely..
> > almost like I have trouble getting the server's attention.
> >
> > -Their telephone order people are pretty clue impaired. It took
> > over an hour and a half just to get the service ordered over the
> > phone... and I already had MediaOne cable for TV. On the up
> > side, the installation people were very fast and knowledgeable,
> > installing the service in less time than it took just to order
> > it over the phone.
> >
> > -DNS Name service is unreliable outside of office hours, making
> > web browsing a hit or miss deal late at night.
> >
> > -News goes back 2 days or less.
> >
> > -Technical support is almost nonexistant.
> >
> > Given some of the constraints that MediaOne is putting on their users
> > (no static IP available, they don't want you connecting your puter to
> > both their service and a local network, poor new server article
> > retention, et al), I'm probably gonna drop it and go with ISDN until I
> > can get DSL.
> >
> > In the end DSL (if you can get it) is probably faster, cheaper and more
> > reliable.
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> >
> >
> ==========================================================================
> ==
> > /| | H E Y K I D S !! |
> > \'o.O' | Make BIG $$$ on the Internet | Steve Siegfried
> > =(___)= | from home in your spare time. | sos@skypoint.com
> > U | Mail $5 and SASE to: |
> >
> ==========================================================================
> ==
> >
> > UserCx@aol.com wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >> Is there anybody here who is using this service ?
> >> I do not have cable and so it will
> >> cost me ~ $49.00 per month and an $99.00 installation fee.
> >>
> >> I am not sure if it is as good as it sounds.
> >>
> >> I couldnot get one thing answered which is if it was possible for me
> >> to host a web server from home and be permanently connected to the
> >> net which US West claims is possible with their ADSL.
> >>
> >> But ADSL is more expensive ~$400 of installation charges.
> >>
> >> If you are interested on how to get it to work with Linux there is a
> >> HOW-TO at:
> >> http://velociraptor.mni.fh-giessen.de/ldp/mini/Cable-Modem.html
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> sandipan
> >>
> >>
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> Thank You,
> Ben Kochie (ben@nerp.net)
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