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m. kolb wrote: >John Valenti <[log in to unmask]> writes: > > > >>2. One of our retired profs lives in East Lansing. They have been using >>dialup, I finally recommended that they get broadband. Should I suggest >>they get ACD ($20/mo for 6 months, then $50/mo) or SBC for $20/mo. Or >>something else - they do have cable tv, so a cable modem is an option. >>I know ACD gives them an MSU IP, but I don't know how important that is >>anymore (is it worth $180/year?). >> >> > >I have Comcast's cable service, and minus the recent DNS cache >poisoning problem, the service has been very good. It is both >reliable and reasonably priced. When I signed up for it, it was >$20/month for the first 6 months, then I believe it goes to $47/month. >This is for 3Mb/s down, 256Kb/s up service. > >./muk > >-- >m. kolb <[log in to unmask]> > I have had SBC Dsl for a few years and it is very good. 24.95 a month. I have a gateway server in front of it and we run 3 diff computers and wireless off it. Course it gets a little slow when we are all on .. I think Dougs network test reports it to be around 317 Kb down .. cant really say what the up speed is. I stay connected all the time and have gone as much as 30 ~ 40 days with same ip address. /sd > > > -- Steve Devine Storage Systems Academic Computing & Network Services Michigan State University 301 Computer Center East Lansing, MI 48824-1042 1-517-432-7327 Baseball is ninety percent mental; the other half is physical. - Yogi Berra