On Monday 07 July 2003 22:44, Ronald KA4INM Youvan wrote:
> Why do you want to "add my spare cable modem"?
I think what he needs here is firewall router.
What was the one we were discussing at the Dunedin meeting?
That should do the trick nicely.
Frank
> I am getting very nearly two times T1 speed from
> Bright house cable, it varies from 2.7 to 3.9, usually
> about 3.7 mbit/sec.
> I googled "cable speed", "DSL speed" and "increase
> cable speed" and the like, I found out how to optimize
> LINUX for hi speed eth0 instead of low speed serial
> protocol.
>
> > after spending nearly an hour on the phone talking to sales/tech
> > support/sales/tech support i finally got the answer i wasn't looking for:
> >
> > it will cost me an additional $44.xx per month to add my spare cable
> > modem.
>
> __________________________________________________
> Lots, AOL comes to mind. DSL is typically slower than cable,
> but with the recent price reductions a better value, although
> previously cable was. Why do you say monopoly?
>
> > can anyone suggest alternatives to the
> > blighthouse monopoly?
>
> Bright house cable uses encrypted modems, old cable modems
> tend to not be suitable.
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