High speed Internet access alternatives???
Anthony J. Gabrielson
agabriel at coe.neu.edu
Thu Jul 1 09:08:10 EDT 1999
Hello,
If you go to bell atlantic's web site - they have pricing and
availability for everything.
Anthony
On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Chuck Young wrote:
> There is "FATpipe" which straps modems. Since 56k modems are out and you
> only need 2x this to get ISDN speed, maybe it would work out for you with
> load balancing. Linux does this, I'm told; you just need two phone lines
> and two modems.
>
> Which is cheaper? I'm sure A/SDSL is more than either of these.
>
> Chuck Young
> GTE Internetworking
>
> On Sun, 27 Jun 1999, Subba Rao wrote:
>
> > Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 21:18:18 -0400 (EDT)
> > From: Subba Rao <subb3 at ibm.net>
> > To: Boston Linux Users Group <discuss at Blu.Org>
> > Subject: High speed Internet access alternatives???
> >
> > The town I live in is serviced by Comcast cable and has been promising
> > cable modems for over 6 years (you should have it the next 5 months
> > etc.etc.). So I have given up the dream of having an cable modem access
> > to Internet.
> >
> > Alternatively, I thought of subscribing to an ISDN line. The telephone
> > switch (from Ameritech) servicing our residential area, does not support
> >
> > ISDN lines. If I move a few blocks, I can have access to ISDN. I do not
> > expect the phone switch to be replaced by Ameritech, any time soon. I am
> >
> > also ruling out ADSL offerings for a while.
> >
> > Now my question is, is there any other form of high speed internet
> > access. I hear of satellite based Internet connections. I don't know
> > which companies offers such connections. What other alternatives are available
> > to subscribe to high speed Internet connection?
> >
> > Thank you in advance.
> >
> > Subba Rao
> > subb3 at ibm.net
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