On Mon, 3 Aug 1998, Stephen J. Carpenter wrote: [ snip ]
: > : I would like a 56k but am not sure what to get. I do NOT want to be : > : stuck in a winmodem hell. Have the problems with 56k modems been : > : resolved (ie is there a standard yet?). What is good to get : > : (ie it must not need any special "windows" driver but...they ALL say : > : "made for Windows 95" so..its hard to tell whats best) : > : > Well, there are three standards for 56k ... x2 (USR, 3Com), KFlex : > (Lucent, etc.), and v.90 which is the ITU standard. : : hmm "3 standards" not much of a standard then :/ The v.90 standard is intended to supercede the other two. However, as I said, it's not yet widely available, particularly on the ISP side. This will change, of course. : > I think your best bet is to contact your ISP and see which modems they : > guarantee supporting. Either that, or get a cable modem or DSL if it's : > available, and leave modems behind! : : well..I plan on switching ISPs (current one is $10/month but "you get : what you pay for" they are slow...and can ocasionally be "out" for an hour : at a time. (and will NOT reply to me when I say the standard : "public_html/index.html" they have in /etc/skel violates the : HTML standard (no <title> tag at all!!) Hmm ... neither does ours :) I suppose I ought to correct that. : as for cable modems...would LOVE one...gotta get info on cost tho... : and eventually id like to move to a static IP and registering : a domain...could be very expensive via cable modem : -Steve You're in California, aren't you? They've got @Home out there AFAIK. We're a cable ISP - we charge a whopping $5/month extra for a static IP :) If you're willing to run your own server and provide your own DNS, etc., it's $44/month, total (but then again, this is SD) I imagine @Home isn't quite as accomodating, but you ought to check it out. Some of the phone companies are really pushing DSL, so you might be able to get a deal (if you live within 180000 feet round trip of a CO) Cheers, -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9) -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
