[AT] ISP/ ramble

[charlie hill]

Charlie DSL IS broadband.  What they were talking about is broad band speed
on a regular phone connection.  DSL runs on the same wire in your house but
does something entirely different somewhere within 3 miles of your house.

Charlie



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "CEE VILL" <cvee60 at hotmail.com>
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 8:41 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] ISP/ ramble


> Guys,     and Gals,
>
> I use DSL form my isp that works thru a lan unit to the phone line. The
isp
> supplied all equipment at no charge, and it was a do it yourself
> installation.  It is offered at two speed levels for two prices.  I have
> what I refer to as the low speed DSL and the cost is $26.75 / month
> The high speed DSL offered is around $39.95 /month and is said to be equal
> to broadband speed or higher. As I recall, my low speed is 10 times faster
> than modem dial up.  It can take up to 3/4 or 1 minute to send an e mail
> with a 1.6 mb photo attached and will bring it in a little faster. I look
at
> it as a fair value, because one phone line is shared between phone and
> internet at the same time.  That saves the $15 or so that a second line
> would cost if I was on dial up. The other advantage is that as with
> broadband, the DSL is always on and ready to go 24-7.  I just wake up the
PC
> and click an icon on the task bar, and there ya all are. I was spoiled in
> the first 15 minutes of use, and would not want to go back to the dial up
I
> started with.  Frontier usually offers the high speed at $29.00 / month
for
> the first 6 or 12 months.  I don't try it, knowing that at the end of the
> reduced rate period I would be spoiled by that and would not want to come
> back to this speed.  The normal high speed price is pretty rich for my
> budget, without a business use for it.
>
> The strange part of this is, this is running thru phone wire that was
> probably installed in 1917 or shortly thereafter when this house was
built.
> It is a two single wire system with a red fuse about 5" lengh on one wire
> and a black one of the same size on the other wire. These are mounted on a
> white porcelain base. That is not to mention my homemade splitter board
that
> breaks one in line to about 10 out lines. Works just fine. I know this
> system is old because the man who built the house worked for the phone
> company at the time so it may have been the first in the neighborhood.
>
> On a tractor note, this internet service cannot compete with Cecils latest
> D-12 deal, but I have been pretty pleased with it.
>
> Charlie V. in windy WNY.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: Phil Auten <PGA2 at hot1.net>
> >Reply-To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> ><at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> >To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> >Subject: Re: [AT] ISP
> >Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 13:12:56 -0600
> >
> >H.L.,
> >I imagine that they use a very good compression algorithm to get that
kind
> >of speed over a regular phone line. DSL does something similar, but
> >requires
> >hardware on either end that is a bit pricey for us FATGs. I seem to be
> >getting
> >more and more like Farmer every day. I squeeze a nickel 'til the buffalo
> >poops!
> >
> >Phil
> >
> >At 09:28 AM 03/14/2004, you wrote:
> >>This keeps coming through on the Kim Komando news letter.  They
advertise
> >>DSL speed internet on regular lines for only $12.95 monthly.
> >>
> >>http://www.intergate.com/index.shtml
> >>
> >>Perhaps some with slow dial up connection will be interested.
> >>
> >>H. L. Staples
> >>McLoud, Oklahoma
> >
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