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Re: [PLUG] OT: high speed internet connection
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On Fri, June 24, 2005 9:26 pm, William H. Magill said:
> On 22 Jun, 2005, at 11:27, Cosmin Nicolaescu intoned:
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>>> Hey all,
>>>
>>> I will be moving in Sept from the Drexel's dorm to a house, and we
>>> were
>>> thinking of looking into a broadband connection,since cable split
>>> 6-ways
>>> is going to be kind of slow.
>>>
>>> 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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Wow, thanks a lot for the info!
- -Cos
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