Mike, Thank you for the kind words. Adelphia is not among my favorite companies, but quite unfortunately several years back the city of Charlottesville made an exclusive (!) deal with them to provide cable access in the city. So they're the only game in town. My employer pays for the Powerlink portion to allow me to work from home. Haven't decided whether that's good or bad yet, it can be nice to leave work behind. My impression is that cable modem speed is pretty dependent upon other users in the area, distance to switch, etc. When school's out of session and none of the local undergrads are playing quake, I get better speed here than on the office LAN. At worst, it's still way faster than the dialup speeds I've gotten in old houses, or in the country, but I haven't really used dial-up in a new home with good wiring and short runs to a main line. :-) Anyway, I'm delighted to have this Pismo in the first place, and to be able to go wireless in all but the office is wonderful. Apple just did things right with a few of the machines in their history, IMO, usually the second or third iteration of a form factor -- like the SE/30, the IIci, and the Wallstreet-Lombard-Pismo series; I'd add the flat-panel iMac if I still had one. Anyway, I've indulged myself in the wireless connection here long enough time to head to the office. My best to all, Joel
>Glad to hear your problem is solved...I HAD adelphia for 5 days and dropped >it...Running an imac se 400 (graphite) and a pismo..My dialup is a >consistent 52-54k connection and the absolute best that I could get >w/adelphia was about 85-95k in the early am or mid-day..it dropped as low as >80k in the eve....called adelphia tech support and was told that they only >guarantee 80k...regardless of their commercials that say up to 50x faster >than dialup. Their tech person was ignorant and nasty when I said I was on a >Mac system..said I should be glad I got what I did with the system. I was >able to have the Pismo set up and running via Airport w/out any trouble, but >only at the lower speeds...I figured that it just plain wasn't worth $45+ mo >for less than 2x what I have w/ the dialup. many other people in my area >have had the same experience and have dropped them...Adelphjia just started >offering the cable modem capability in my area in the beginning of August. >Regards, >Mike K > -- Joel Furtek Assistant Varsity Coach University of Virginia Women's Rowing Office: (434) 982-5665 Cell: (434) 981-6811 -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
