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ball
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response 8 of 34:
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Aug 25 22:53 UTC 2006 |
A static IP address would certainly be nice, but US$ 56 per month
seems a bit steep. Perhaps you're getting oodles of bandwidth though.
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gull
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response 9 of 34:
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Sep 6 20:41 UTC 2006 |
Like all DSL connections it depends on how close you are to the central
office. I'm way the hell out there, apparently, so I get 1.5 Mbps/384
kbps. They go as high as 6 Mbps downstream and 768 kbps upstream if
you're close enough. For a little under $10 more per month I can stop
having to reset my cable modem every few hours to keep the connection
up, and that's worth it to me.
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ball
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response 10 of 34:
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Sep 6 22:30 UTC 2006 |
If I threw a stone hard enough from my back door, I could probably
break the window of a telco van parked by the local exchange. 384k
either way would make me very happy. I spent much of today trying to
install software on a remote machine, but VNC over dial-up is as slow
as treacle on a cold day. :-(
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gull
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response 11 of 34:
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Sep 7 00:41 UTC 2006 |
Yeah, it is. I hope you're using a version of VNC that supports local
cursors, at least. The "TightVNC" variant always seemed to be the best
over dialup.
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ball
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response 12 of 34:
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Sep 7 18:30 UTC 2006 |
At the remote (MS Windows) end I'm using whatever the most recent
version of RealVNC is (4.something) locally I have vncviewer-
3.3.3.2nb3 from pkgsrc.
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twenex
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response 13 of 34:
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Sep 7 19:37 UTC 2006 |
You're using Windows? ugh. Poor you.
As an aside, how much stability to you sacrifice if you want to run pkgsrc
from current?
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ball
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response 14 of 34:
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Sep 7 23:52 UTC 2006 |
The site has MS Windows on all of the desktop PCs. I had hoped to have
weaned them of that by now, but alas they're in the hole and still
digging. Sadly I've not found anyone to take over the software support
work there, which would free up time for higher priority work.
pkgsrc-current is a "coin toss": if you get lucky, your packages will
build and may be less out of date than those from a stable release of
pkgsrc.
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mrraven
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response 15 of 34:
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Mar 16 16:39 UTC 2007 |
Provide Net's DSL service is like 30/month with a static IP and they let you
do stuff like run your own web server. I would recomend them.
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arthurp
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response 16 of 34:
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Mar 22 08:46 UTC 2007 |
Wow! Those are awesome terms. Most places, last I checked,
specifically prohibited any sort of server. Usually helped along by
dynamic IPs with leases as short as 8 hours. Bleck!
I always did like Provide.Net. I would switch to them in a second, but
I don't think they can deliver acceptable DSL performance 10296000 feet
from the DSLAM. ;)
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ball
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response 17 of 34:
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Mar 22 20:06 UTC 2007 |
Once my contract's up, I'll look at provide.net.
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gull
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response 18 of 34:
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Mar 24 06:27 UTC 2007 |
Just an update: Speakeasy has been awesome. I've only once had a
connection problem that wasn't my fault, and they were very good about
getting it fixed quickly. Even better, they kept me "in the loop" --
you get direct access to the trouble ticket information for your
problem, including all the comments by the local loop provider's field
techs.
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ball
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response 19 of 34:
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Jun 17 00:54 UTC 2015 |
About one year ago I finally gave up on Comcast for
Internet service. There were days when I'd get 50 kbits/sec
downstream, which might be impressive for a dial-up modem
but not for Cable. I switched to AT&T 'U-verse' VDSL, which
seems to work much better where I live.
One disappointment though has been the 'gateway' (modem,
router, switch and wireless access point combined). It cost
$100 and turned out to be bulky, klunky (802.11g @ 2.4 GHz,
100baseTX on the wired ports) and, judging by the scuffed
mouldings, used. Had I not been desperate for working
Internet service I would have sent it back to them. To add
5 GHz WiFi I'll have to plug in a new wireless access point.
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kentn
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response 20 of 34:
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Jun 17 02:30 UTC 2015 |
It always made me wonder if the modem I took back to their office
(Charter) because it didn't work, got a quick wipe down and put back on
the shelf for other customers. You just never know what you are going
to get sometimes.
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ball
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response 21 of 34:
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Jun 17 03:50 UTC 2015 |
I should probably have been more insistent that they
replace it. My ADSL modem was a fraction of the size of the
VDSL one and would have fit much better on the telephone
shelf in the kitchen where the router lives.
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kentn
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response 22 of 34:
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Jun 19 01:35 UTC 2015 |
That always bugs me when you get used to one device and the new one
takes up more space. I have a wifi router like that. You can, in
theory lay it down, but it gets too hot that way so I have to stand
it up (and right now I have a desk fan blowing on it keeping it nice
and cool). I guess it's time to put an A/C unit in this window
here. Too many computers and too many switches, routers, modems,
etc. generates some heat.
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ball
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response 23 of 34:
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Aug 9 02:57 UTC 2015 |
Handy in the winter, I suppose. ;-)
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kentn
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response 24 of 34:
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Aug 11 03:34 UTC 2015 |
Yeah, no problem with heat in that room in the winter.
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ball
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response 25 of 34:
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Aug 12 02:05 UTC 2015 |
If only we could build computers that would cool a room
down in the summer! :-)
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kentn
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response 26 of 34:
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Aug 12 02:50 UTC 2015 |
Wouldn't that be something! Probably cost an arm and a
leg, though.
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ball
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response 27 of 34:
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Sep 12 02:48 UTC 2019 |
I found it interesting to re-read this item. Comcast
stopped working and I didn't want to deal with AT&T's shady
cup game so I went with VDSL service from Earthlink. It's
$45 for 3M down, 1.5M up and comes in over AT&T copper,
through an AT&T modem but I can let Earthlink deal with them
if and when that breaks.
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papa
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response 28 of 34:
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Sep 12 22:06 UTC 2019 |
Interesting. I thought I was paying more for everything here in Japan, but
we pay only about $30 (3200 JPY) per month for a 1 Gbps fiber optic network
connection.
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ball
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response 29 of 34:
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Sep 16 02:34 UTC 2019 |
Where I live, I doubt that's available at any price.
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tod
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response 30 of 34:
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Aug 14 01:56 UTC 2021 |
I'm expecting delivery of Starlink hardware any day now.
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papa
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response 31 of 34:
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Aug 14 14:44 UTC 2021 |
Let us know how well it works.
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ball
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response 32 of 34:
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Aug 27 03:05 UTC 2021 |
Re. 30: I've been tempted just because the Internet service
here is limited to AT&T even if I buy it through another
company. Starlink isn't ready yet though and I feel as a
former astronomy student I probably shouldn't encourage
them.
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