[DM-MUG] Networking and web access

[jim Lagnese]

When I said 900k down and 200K up, I meant true transfer speed, not gross. I
just can't believe with the small user base out here that they limit the
upload to 15K. I am not bad mouthing silicorn valley, believe me, I hated
cablevision, because like Mediacom, it's the only cable company in town. I
could get hickory tech, because they put their own lines in here, but their
offering is no better than Mediacom, and it's more money if you want similar
speeds. Upload is still limited to 128K and from what I hear, they block
most things so you can't connect to your computer at home. Talk about lack
of competition! If I was a DSL provider, I would want to be competitive with
cable and beat them, not offer the same thing or less for more. Qwest
doesn't come to my area, at least according to their website. So where does
that leave me? Prairie iNet? Nothing like spending hundreds of dollars for
$50 equipment. I pass. IP netrouter is a great product and I have used it at
two jobs I have had. It's much more configurable than any cheap hardware
router and if you get net sentry, you have even better security and their
support is top notch. You'd be surprised on how many hack attempts I get,
with the attackers assuming I have a PC. Oh yeah, I paid 29.95 a month for
the cable internet on Long Island. Here it's 40.95.

> From: Matt W <maccelerate@earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: dmmug@dmmug.org
> Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 22:45:52 -0600
> To: dmmug@dmmug.org
> Subject: Re: [DM-MUG] Networking and web access
> 
> 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.
>> 
> 
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