Re: [PLUG] OT: high speed internet connection

["William H. Magill" <magill@mcgillsociety.org>]

On 22 Jun, 2005, at 11:27, Cosmin Nicolaescu intoned:
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> > Hey all,
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> > I will be moving in Sept from the Drexel's dorm to a house, and we  
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> > thinking of looking into a broadband connection,since cable split  
> > 6-ways
> > is going to be kind of slow.
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> > Any recommendations for ISP's?

1- You can't split the Cable Internet six ways as you would the Video  
signal ... there is only one IP assigned per cable drop. The incoming  
line is split into a video and data feed. The Data feed goes to a  
DISOS modem/router. [The IP addressed is assigned to the modem/router  
and it does NAT to everything/anything behind it.]

From that router you can run as many local Ethernet connections (and  
or Wi-Fi) as you want.

Note, I'm talking about Wade/CableVision/Time-Warner's Road-Runner  
service; University City is NOT served by Comcast.

2- I've used DCAnet over Verizon sine the beginning with no problem.  
(5 + Years).

However, note that while DCAnet offers "fixed" IP addresses, they no  
longer offer Static IP addresses.  All new Fixed IP addresses are  
permanently assigned to a MAC address, and served up via DHCP. The  
only issue this raises is that of configuration. You really can't  
configure everything yourself anymore, you have to use the DHCP  
access so that your lease actually renews when it expires. (They use  
a 7 day lease as I recall.) Since I've been a customer since the  
beginning, I have a mix of both real static and fixed IP addresses...  
as I've replaced hardware with a new MAC address, I've had to switch  
over to the DHCP scheme. No big deal. It just works differently, but  
the IP address doesn't change.

3- In the University City area, you MUST have a Verizon phone line to  
run DSL over. You can get a "LifeLine" line for $14.95 or so per  
month, if your main phones are cellular.

4- If you want to go with Cavalier Telephone (Cavetel) they also now  
offer DSL service in University City. I believe they are cheaper for  
DSL than DCAnet/Verizon, but I don't know what kind of service they  
offer. (I.e. no idea if they offer multiple IPs per line, completely  
open access, etc. -- both of which DCAnet offer.)

  www.cavaliertelephone.com.

T.T.F.N.
William H. Magill
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