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BS is suppose to be here today to install ADSL.  When I ordered the
service, the guy told me I could get and he would bring modems for pci,
isa and usb.........BobV

In article <g%vs4.7596$Yw2.61773@news4.mia>,
  "Charlie Byrne" <CFByrne@BellSouth.Net> wrote:
> I recently had Bell South DSL installed here at home in Palm Beach
County,
> Florida.
>
> They installed a Efficient Networks SlipStream Internal Modem (3060).
I am
> set up as bridged (not PPP).
>
> http://www.efficient.com/products/internal/3060.html
>
> Is this the only modem that Bell South is currently installing ?
>
> I would much prefer an external (Ethernet) modem. Then I can go to
W2000
> if/when I want. I can go cross platform. I don't have to worry about
> proprietary new drivers that are still being developed.
>
> For example, it sounds like the new Alcatel SPEED TOUCH Home external
modem
> is ideal.
>
> http://www.alcatel.com/telecom/asd/keytech/adsl/adsl/modem/mod.htm
>
> Bell South Fast Access web site seems to say that I CAN get an
external DSL
> Modem:
>
> "What kind of computer do I need?
> Windows� 98 and an active USB port
> OR
> An open PCI slot for a Network Interface Card (NIC)
> OR
> ----->>>>> An installed 10 BASE-T Ethernet NIC ".
>
> http://services.bellsouth.net/external/adsl/faq.html
>
> If I had a Mac, what would Bell South have given me ?
>
> --
> Charlie Byrne * Delray Beach, FL * Mailto:CFByrne@BellSouth.Net
>
>


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