[oak perl] DSL or Cable, etc.?

[George Woolley]

Thank you. Thank you.
Sounds good.

I guess I'll have 4 (maybe 5) machines that I'd like to connect to it.
Is that easily dealt with?

Roughly how much does it cost? 
      G

On Saturday 01 February 2003 11:30 pm, M.Lewis wrote:
> 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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