Re: Cowboys herding cats

On 18 May 2009 23:19:21 -0400, "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

David V. Loewe, Jr <daveloewe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

My modem goes to 28,800 bps, though I use it at 9600 bps. I have
slower modems, including one that maxes out at 300 bps, but I no
longer use them.

Is there some problem getting 56K to work at your location?

I don't know. I've never tried. Why 9600? I can set my VT420
terminal to 19,200 or 9600 bps (or to various lower speeds). I chose
9600 because that way it can keep up without flow control. It's
faster than I can read anyway.

Why not use flow control? Software flow control would prevent the use
of ^S and ^Q as Emacs commands. Hardware flow control would require
that I run additional wires -- and would interfere with my having two
terminal in parallel, one by my couch and one over my treadmill, such
that if both are turned on anything that appears on one will appear on
both, and typing can be done on either. The modem treats them as a
single terminal.

Okay...

Around here broadband costs considerably more than a shell account.

Nonsense.

Verizon has DSL available for $17.99 a month. Panix Full Shell with
Direct Dial is $17.50.

I suspect that that Verizon price is a temporary teaser price that
will greatly increase after a few months,

Actually, the page said it was guaranteed not to change over the life of
the two year plan.

and that even on day one
it doesn't include various mandatory taxes, fees, and surcharges.

It comes with a free modem.

That's certainly true of other services they advertise.

The Panix price you quote is month-to-month. There's a discount if
you pay a year at a time, as I do. I pay $175 a year. That's $14.58
per month. And there are no additional taxes, fees, etc.

Still not "considerably more" - *which is the point*.
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