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Re: [PLUG] Comcast or Verizon DSL for Linux laptop?
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On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, Kevin Brosius wrote:
> Rebecca Ore wrote:
> >
> >
> > I just did the bandwidth test and got 131kb/sec uploading and 600 to 700
> > kb/sec downloading which is in spec with what I've got. It's also faster
> > than the sdsl download times I was getting through DCA.net/Covad.
>
>
> Is that a 640/128 line? Did they offer you anything with 300k or higher on
> the outbound side, and quote you any prices? (I'm using a 640/128 from
> DirecTV with Verizon line, and find the 128k outbound a little slow for some
> types of remote connections. Other than that it's great.)
Verizon has three packages for Residential DSL now, if I'm remembering
correctly. What I got was the cheapest one. They're beta testing static IP
packages -- lots of folks seem to want to run servers. I don't remember what
the other two speed grades were, should be on their website.
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Rebecca Ore
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