On Friday, February 8, 2002, at 01:12 PM, Peter Curtis wrote: > Is one better than the other? Is one likely to be outdated prior to the > other? And finally, is the support of either supplier likely to better > than the other (I'm talking about large differences here, not personal > likes or dislikes)
Being on a Foxtel cable connection I have never used ADSL so I can't really comment on the relative merits of the two systems. I can, say, however, that I am very pleased with the performance and utility of the cable setup I have. Because I connect daily, and IP numbers are served through DHCP, I have pretty much a permanent IP address, which means I can use my Mac running MacOS X as a personal web server from wherever I like. I don't know what the expiry time on Telstra's DHCP leases is, but it is certainly more than 24 hours. Consequently my IP address is always the same. Perhaps PPPoE gives this same result on ADSL, I don't know. -- Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, :::::::::::::::::::::::: Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Fax (618) 9332 0913 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
