Fw: [Lvlug] Cable or DSL?

[homefry]

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From: <LFessen106@aol.com>
To: <lvlug@thelinuxlink.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 9:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Lvlug] Cable or DSL?


> In a message dated Fri, 24 Nov 2000  6:13:35 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> "homefry" <homefry@fast.net> writes:
>
> << Hey guys,
>
> Which do you prefer, Cable or DSL?    Why?  I have been tossing it around
> for a few months, and now that I realize that I have a Winmodem (ugh) I am
> starting to seriously consider it.  I lean towards Cable, but I hear
horror
> stories of people mistakenly downloading stuff from a Cable subscriber's
> computer...and  I just have a hard time spending $50 a month, ya know?
I'm
> not very rich at the moment.
>
> Yours Truly,
> :-) Jen
>  >>
>
> Hi Jen!
> Truth be known I would have to say DSL.  There are a number of issues with
> cable that I don't like and find insecure.  However, no matter what anyone
> else has to say, there's nothing wrong with a plain old decent dial up
> connection and a 56k modem.  I use fastnet myself and a USRobotics 56k
modem,
> a Newcom 56k modem, and a Hayes 56k modem (all external) and my dialup
works
> fine for me.  Of course I do have a T1 line at work but that's a different
> story....
>
> -Linc.
>
Hi Linc!!!

So if I decided to stay with a good old dial up connection- One of those
three external modems listed would work with both Windoze and Linux?  (Duh,
you probably don't even run a windoze system at home, do ya?)

Jen


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