[DM-MUG] Networking and web access

[Matt W]

Now now, let's not badmouth our little siliCORN valley : )

I've been using a local ISP through Qwest DSL (residential) and clocked 
my line (via online testing sites) at over 500 Kbits/s download (about 
62+ KBytes/s) and 240 Kbps upload. My DSL line is a std 256 K line but 
I'm fortunate to be close to the switch. They don't throttle down my 
line at all. A friend recently told me that my upload was faster than 
his setup over cable modem. If your connection is slow(er), you might 
not be on a clean line, but your ISP/line provider makes a difference 
too.

On the router side: I've used IPNetRouter for years (hmm, about 5 now). 
It still(!) runs on an 8500/150 and OS 9.1. It sits in between my LAN 
and the DSL modem. It's configurable, secure, has two NIC cards and 
never crashes.

I used to use IPNR to route a dial-up Earthlink account through the LAN 
that I'm now using with DSL. Since I am close to the phone co. switch, 
I used to get 10 KBps downloads over my modem. I stuck with that far 
longer than I should have (running a business and all), but I just 
hated to lose such a cheap way to connect. Funny thing, technology. 
SOMEHOW we always find a way to pay for it.

Matthew


On Friday, October 31, 2003, at 04:52  PM, jim Lagnese wrote:
> This is in a community, Long Island, that has the population of Iowa, 
> in the land mass of
> 3 or 4 Iowa counties. Now out here, they throttle connections to 
> around 200K
> per second download and 15K per second upload. I don't get it. But 
> Dialup
> isn't an option, for me at least. I'd might as well as send smoke 
> signals.
>