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Re: [PLUG] Switching from Cable to DSL
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On Thursday 22 April 2004 3:53 pm, Paul wrote:
> Free wireless router, after rebate. I think it's a Linksys.
> 1st month free, although I will have to pay shipping of the install kit.
> Since I have a Verizon calling plan the cost after the first month will
> remain at $30 per month.
> Comcast cable connection. The question is, what should I expect when
> switching to Verizon DSL? Will I need wacky PPPoE software?
Verizon is PPPoE. There's a couple of linux PPPoE tools that work fine with it
(or did last I had a direct Verizon line).
> I'm just wondering, other than being less stable and
> not as fast as cable, is there anything else that I should be aware of
> before switching?
Less stable? Admittedly I'm not on direct Verizon anymore, but the only outage
I've had in the last year was when some idiot tech switched the phone lines
(there's two to my apartment, one was live the other wasn't as I hadn't
bothered paying for a second line). That wasn't a DSL problem, the phone was
out too. I had more outages from Comcast (cable line would drop for up to an
hour every few weeks at one point, once for over a week).
Slower depends on who's on your local loop and what they are doing. Whilst I
don't get 3Mb/s downloads anymore, I also don't get 28k crawls when the
neighbours are online. (Both of which I saw when I had cable).
I'm currently using a Verizon provisioned line through dca.net, which gives me
static IPs (which verizon does not), linux friendly and clueful tech support
(verizon will, last I heard, insist you boot into windows before they'll
provide support), but they are more expensive ($50/month).
--
"My cat is multiple, there's duck cat, kitten, lazy adult cat,
psycho-kitty." ... Nora got a static shock trying to pet her ...
"That would be electro-kitty - cat 5".
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