I hear that ADSL costs 1995 per month for homes and a one time cost of Rs
29,970 for modem, wiring and software for homes besides there will be the
telephone bill.I remember John mentioning Rs 500 pm for cable but I dunno
the cost of the modem. Any actual users and do they have cable in Bandra.
Gerry
----- Original Message -----
From: G.Sagar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Cable Modems!!!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Linux WebMaster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > Hey there linuxers,
> > As we know that the cable modem way of
> > surfing the NET has begun in bombay. I would like to know that is there
a
> > way to use linux a server and distribute a cable modems connection to
> other
> > PC's connected to the same LAN. Please anybody having knowledge contact
me
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > Regards,
> > Jay Shah
>
>
> Here my Rs. 0.02.
>
> I saw a cable modem howto somewhere, dont remember. Just hunt using
google.
>
> Afaik, setting up cable modem is as easy as configuring a nic (check the
> compatibility) and settin up dns/dhcp etc etc using netcfg.
>
> But why would you or anyone want to go for a cable modem, when ADSL is
> available (www.dishnetdsl.com). Hope you know that cable pipe starts
getting
> choked as more people get on to it. ADSL is dedicated pipe. Moreover,
> you'll start getting speeds in cable modem only after a week or two due to
> some caching funda (i read this somewhere).
>
> BTW, which area are you in ?? Who's your cable guy (IN, Siti etc) ?? My
> cablewala dosent know a jack of when internet service is gonna start here
> !!!
>
> Cheerio,
> Sagar.
>
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