[oak perl] DSL or Cable, etc.?

[M.Lewis]

I believe the answer is DSL. With DSL, you have the POSSIBILITY of getting a 
static IP. With cable, you do not.

I would think where you live, you could get either, but I could easily be 
wrong.

I've had SBC (now SBC/Yahoo) for about 2 years now. I have 5 static IPs. I've 
had ZERO trouble and only once has it been down. That  was this past week 
when they were working on something on the pole outside.

With cable, you're sharing the connection with your neighbors. So the speed 
you get today will almost certainly be reduced in the future. I have a friend 
on cable. I would estimate his speed is maybe 1/3 of what it was when he had 
it installed maybe 5 years ago.

M

On Saturday 01 February 2003 22:47, George Woolley wrote:
> Oh learned sysadmin gurus and other wise ones,
> I have only a simple modem connection.
> Woe is me. :(
>
> But I have the possibility of a contract
> working from home (doing Perl --yes!),
> for which contract I will need
> a high speed connection for downloads. :)
> Perhaps I should get such a connection anyway.
>
> So I seek council from those wiser than I.
> Is it better to go cable or DSL?
> Who do I get whichever from?
> What else should I be concerned about?
>
> I know not what information is helpful
> in giving me council.
> But perhaps the following is relevant:
> * I live in Oakland (near the Grand Lake Theater)
> * I have two PCs on which I run Linux
> plus an ancient MAC Performa.
> The one who may contract me
> says he will supply me with a PC
> which will run some version of that other OS.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
>       -- George
>
>
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