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Re: [PLUG] DSL w/o local phone
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On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 19:01, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 03:39:38PM -0400, Kevin Brosius wrote:
> > Are you planning no phone service at all? You can also get high speed
> > internet (It's not ADSL, but named RADSL, IIRC) from Cavalier,
>
> Is to.
>
> The R just means "residential".
but RADSL it is theoretically more distance tolerant ADSL (R for
rate-adaptive). from what i can tell the modem tests the line and then
sets the rate accordingly. see
http://www.adslguide.org.uk/qanda.asp?faq=radsl
i have no actual experience with RADSL though.
> I really like my SDSL line from Speakeasy, but it's enough money
> that you have to actually want the QoS (and low-latency, relative to
> a cable modem) for it to be worth it.
SDSL would be fun, but this move is costing enough. if Cavalier is bad,
at least i am not contracted to them.
russell
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