Re: DSL good enough to run a small server on?

1999-08-25 Thread Nathan Duehr
Typically when people refer to using "DSL" for ISP access, they're talking about ADSL or RADSL which is an analog signal and requires that you be within 12,000 - 18,000 cable feet of the service Central Office. This depends on a number of other items including cable gauge and the presence of gauge

Re: DSL good enough to run a small server on?

1999-08-22 Thread William T Wilson
On Sun, 22 Aug 1999, shadow wrote: > The 15,200 foot limit ..is that physically from the central office or > can it be from one of the "outhouse" switching station. I've been > wondering if those little outhouses were the digital to analog > switching and if that would qualify. I am out in the mid

Re: DSL good enough to run a small server on?

1999-08-22 Thread William T Wilson
On Sat, 21 Aug 1999, [iso-8859-1] Andr? Bell wrote: > Now I'll have to call them (listen to the hard sale) and find out if > they have $4,000 per month in mind -- no thanks -- or something less. > $4,000 per month just for a hook up, plus ISP fees, is way too > expensive for what I have in mind.

Re: DSL good enough to run a small server on?

1999-08-22 Thread Tom
Your ISP should have DSL POPs setup around the area dueto the fact that DSL is distant sensitive. On Sun, 22 Aug 1999, shadow wrote: > The 15,200 foot limit ..is that physically from the central office or can it > be > from one of the "outhouse" switching station. I've been wondering if those

Re: DSL good enough to run a small server on?

1999-08-22 Thread Bob C. Ruddy
On Sat, 21 Aug 1999, [iso-8859-1] André Bell wrote: ->have $4,000 per month in mind -- no thanks -- or something less. $4,000 Yikes that is expensive. My phone company, charges a $99 install fee, plus you must provide the router or by one from them. But the monthly charge is on $200 for 7.1Mbps,

Re: DSL good enough to run a small server on?

1999-08-22 Thread John Foster
shadow wrote: > > The 15,200 foot limit ..is that physically from the central office or can it > be > from one of the "outhouse" switching station. I've been wondering if those > little outhouses were the digital to analog switching and if that would > qualify. I am out in the middle of nowhere b

Re: DSL good enough to run a small server on?

1999-08-22 Thread shadow
The 15,200 foot limit ..is that physically from the central office or can it be from one of the "outhouse" switching station. I've been wondering if those little outhouses were the digital to analog switching and if that would qualify. I am out in the middle of nowhere but I have one of those outho

Re: DSL good enough to run a small server on?

1999-08-22 Thread John Foster
André Bell wrote: > > My local phone company sends me ads every week for a dsl account and I'm > wondering if it is good enough to run a small server on since it is 24 > hours direct connection and "50 times faster than 28k". > > Something about the pricing and the offer make it seem too good to

Re: DSL good enough to run a small server on?

1999-08-22 Thread André Bell
Thanks Tom for the help. My phone company charges a $99 install fee and requires one to three year contracts to install dsl, modem included. The one thing they won't disclose in their literature or their web page is the monthly price :( Now I'll have to call them (listen to the hard sale) and fi

Re: DSL good enough to run a small server on?

1999-08-21 Thread Tom
If you can get DSL and afford it do it! You should have no problem running a server off of it. I work for an internet company that offers DSL for corporate use (Bell Atlantic has not really made that technology availibale in upstatd NY yet). All of our DSL customers are running servers off of t

DSL good enough to run a small server on?

1999-08-21 Thread André Bell
My local phone company sends me ads every week for a dsl account and I'm wondering if it is good enough to run a small server on since it is 24 hours direct connection and "50 times faster than 28k". Something about the pricing and the offer make it seem too good to be true. I'm thinking maybe