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Apr. 21st, 2010
Broadband? Not so much, but...
Apr. 21st, 2010 10:08 am... it's getting nearly impossible to keep up with the Internet on dialup.
Basically, my attempts at getting current at things have failed. I just don't have the bandwidth. I only go to FaceBook about once a week. Even Twitter, with its 140 char limit, is a chore to keep up to date on.
So I went back to the co-op phone company, the only non-dialup Internet option out here in the forest, and had another talk with them.
This time it was made clear to me:
(1) Yes, my address was quite definitely served by DSL;
(2) If it didn't work, I would NOT be on the hook for a one-year contract (but if it does, I would be).
(3) DSL prices would not be coming down anytime soon. At all. Period.
So, when I can start affording it (June at earliest), I'm probably going to end up signing up for their lowest end DSL account- $50/mth for 384kbs downstream, 128 kbs upstream.
Which, yes, is ten times the speed I currently have on my best days- IF it runs at full speed. With DSL, of course, those speeds are maximums, not guaranteed AT ALL.
And I will need to get hold of: a DSL modem supporting PPP over ATM, VPI set to 0, VCI set to 100, not bridging, compatible with Alcatel.
I'll also probably need a wireless node- it'll be nice for the Wii, but I don't know if they'll be able to get the DSL modem into my bedroom/office- and wireless cards for any computers that don't have them. It might be easier to just get a secondhand computer to run the wireless hub- or, more likely, buy a brand-new one and relegate the current box to semi-public use here in the house.
And then I'll have to change a bunch of emails on a bunch of accounts before I can drop my dialup account.
All this promises to be damn expensive. Not looking forward to it.
But dialup Internet is just becoming impossible anymore...
Basically, my attempts at getting current at things have failed. I just don't have the bandwidth. I only go to FaceBook about once a week. Even Twitter, with its 140 char limit, is a chore to keep up to date on.
So I went back to the co-op phone company, the only non-dialup Internet option out here in the forest, and had another talk with them.
This time it was made clear to me:
(1) Yes, my address was quite definitely served by DSL;
(2) If it didn't work, I would NOT be on the hook for a one-year contract (but if it does, I would be).
(3) DSL prices would not be coming down anytime soon. At all. Period.
So, when I can start affording it (June at earliest), I'm probably going to end up signing up for their lowest end DSL account- $50/mth for 384kbs downstream, 128 kbs upstream.
Which, yes, is ten times the speed I currently have on my best days- IF it runs at full speed. With DSL, of course, those speeds are maximums, not guaranteed AT ALL.
And I will need to get hold of: a DSL modem supporting PPP over ATM, VPI set to 0, VCI set to 100, not bridging, compatible with Alcatel.
I'll also probably need a wireless node- it'll be nice for the Wii, but I don't know if they'll be able to get the DSL modem into my bedroom/office- and wireless cards for any computers that don't have them. It might be easier to just get a secondhand computer to run the wireless hub- or, more likely, buy a brand-new one and relegate the current box to semi-public use here in the house.
And then I'll have to change a bunch of emails on a bunch of accounts before I can drop my dialup account.
All this promises to be damn expensive. Not looking forward to it.
But dialup Internet is just becoming impossible anymore...
Broadband? Not so much, but...
Apr. 21st, 2010 10:08 am... it's getting nearly impossible to keep up with the Internet on dialup.
Basically, my attempts at getting current at things have failed. I just don't have the bandwidth. I only go to FaceBook about once a week. Even Twitter, with its 140 char limit, is a chore to keep up to date on.
So I went back to the co-op phone company, the only non-dialup Internet option out here in the forest, and had another talk with them.
This time it was made clear to me:
(1) Yes, my address was quite definitely served by DSL;
(2) If it didn't work, I would NOT be on the hook for a one-year contract (but if it does, I would be).
(3) DSL prices would not be coming down anytime soon. At all. Period.
So, when I can start affording it (June at earliest), I'm probably going to end up signing up for their lowest end DSL account- $50/mth for 384kbs downstream, 128 kbs upstream.
Which, yes, is ten times the speed I currently have on my best days- IF it runs at full speed. With DSL, of course, those speeds are maximums, not guaranteed AT ALL.
And I will need to get hold of: a DSL modem supporting PPP over ATM, VPI set to 0, VCI set to 100, not bridging, compatible with Alcatel.
I'll also probably need a wireless node- it'll be nice for the Wii, but I don't know if they'll be able to get the DSL modem into my bedroom/office- and wireless cards for any computers that don't have them. It might be easier to just get a secondhand computer to run the wireless hub- or, more likely, buy a brand-new one and relegate the current box to semi-public use here in the house.
And then I'll have to change a bunch of emails on a bunch of accounts before I can drop my dialup account.
All this promises to be damn expensive. Not looking forward to it.
But dialup Internet is just becoming impossible anymore...
Basically, my attempts at getting current at things have failed. I just don't have the bandwidth. I only go to FaceBook about once a week. Even Twitter, with its 140 char limit, is a chore to keep up to date on.
So I went back to the co-op phone company, the only non-dialup Internet option out here in the forest, and had another talk with them.
This time it was made clear to me:
(1) Yes, my address was quite definitely served by DSL;
(2) If it didn't work, I would NOT be on the hook for a one-year contract (but if it does, I would be).
(3) DSL prices would not be coming down anytime soon. At all. Period.
So, when I can start affording it (June at earliest), I'm probably going to end up signing up for their lowest end DSL account- $50/mth for 384kbs downstream, 128 kbs upstream.
Which, yes, is ten times the speed I currently have on my best days- IF it runs at full speed. With DSL, of course, those speeds are maximums, not guaranteed AT ALL.
And I will need to get hold of: a DSL modem supporting PPP over ATM, VPI set to 0, VCI set to 100, not bridging, compatible with Alcatel.
I'll also probably need a wireless node- it'll be nice for the Wii, but I don't know if they'll be able to get the DSL modem into my bedroom/office- and wireless cards for any computers that don't have them. It might be easier to just get a secondhand computer to run the wireless hub- or, more likely, buy a brand-new one and relegate the current box to semi-public use here in the house.
And then I'll have to change a bunch of emails on a bunch of accounts before I can drop my dialup account.
All this promises to be damn expensive. Not looking forward to it.
But dialup Internet is just becoming impossible anymore...