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Sounds like your cable company is a very poor service provider, the one in
my area is a little better. I have both a Cable Modem and an ADSL line. The
ADSL line kills the Cable Modem as far as speed goes but because it comes
from the telephone company which is an even larger monolithic monster than
the cable company they are way out to lunch.
Get this as an example of their stupidity.
When the service started the ADSL lines used static IP addressing and
everyone was happy. Then they decided that they would start using NAT to
have a type of dynamic IP addressing, then no one was happy. Now they want
to sell us the right to have a static IP address again for the low cost of
100 dollars. They expect people to pay 100 dollars extra a month so that we
can be privledged enough to have the same service that we received to begin
with.
Clifton T. Sharp Jr. wrote in message <3511D3A2.7D0@megsinet.net>...
>chkmmk@mynetaddress.com wrote:
>>
>> Today I spoke with the local cable company about their new cable modem
>> access, and they seemed to think that it could never be done from more
>> than one computer without putting multiple cable modems in.  (at which
>> point they would consider it a "business" and adjust my bill
>> accordingly.)
>
>And you want to base your Internet connection on service like this from
>morons like that?
>
>Personally, before I even considered buying data from MediaOne (the local
>monopoly), I'd have to see:
>
>1. One broadcast-quality TV signal for at least fifteen minutes.
>2. 24 hours of TV cable service without a service interruption. (I do
>have to say they're better than ever now; they're down to a few fuzzouts
>per night at only a few seconds each.)
>3. More capacity (165 users max out a MediaOne head end, according to a
>discussion with their tech guru in chi.internet some months ago; each
>head end around here serves 20 to 40 suburbs).
>4. Packet-sniffer capability on drops eliminated. (One "drop" serves one
>or two blocks' worth of customers.)
>
>But long before that happens (if it ever does), I'll have a nice ADSL or
>CDSL connection from one of the many reliable area ISPs.
>
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