Re: nice nice computer folks? help!

Traveler wrote:

I always had the external "modem" but that was about 1999 too(Cisco brand) going into a router. They (Qwest at the time.) then switched to internal card based units with the phone line going directly into the card. You could then try to use your etherlink card to connect from your PC out to a router or to another computer for a Peer to Peer set up. Real pain. I think it was to make it harder for most people to set up an homebased network.

Which is why I like cable internet... simple and straight forward... cable into modem, ethernet from modem into NIC... if your modem goes down do a hard boot of both modem and computer and that usually takes care of it... if not call the cable company and have them run a diagnostic from their end... if it's a line problem they can tell... if it's a modem problem they can tell... past that if it is not the line or modem it is in the computer.

PLUS, then there is the whole mess around IDSL, ADSL and whether or not you are close enough to the CO... and if you are to far away you have to go with IDSL which can cost anywhere from $55-100 a month... hell, I've been paying $29.99 (34.96 after tax) a month for Road Runner.




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