i run a web server 24 hours a day, it hardly gets any hits even when on so
leaving it on is no big deal.

Thing
-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Langille <dan.langille@dvl-software.com>
To: adsl@freebsddiary.cx <adsl@freebsddiary.cx>
Date: 03 May 1999 10:50
Subject: Re: A Few Points

>J wrote:
>
>>I am not as technically minded as many of you seem to be so please
>>excuse me if I ask some dumb questions.
>
>It's dumb to ask. It's dumb to assume.
>
>>Struggling to understand this POTS connection situation. Can anyone
>>explain in simple language.
>
>Plain Old Telephone System - your regular phone line.
>
>>My son can no longer use this connection for his games. I can no longer
>>use the connection for Iphone, Netmeeting and files do not transfer over
>>icq.
>
>Most of these can be fixed I think. It's a matter of telling the modem
what
>to allow through. Someone knows how to do this and I'm sure they will
respond
>with the details.
>
>>Adsl's main attraction for me in the first instance was the speed and
>>the fact that you could be online continuously without being kicked and
>>only needed to use dial-up when the adsl server was down and because of
>>the flat rate charge you could relax and enjoy the net without
>>constantly checking to see what you were being billed.
>
>Yep. Those are the appealing features to most people I think.
>
>>Now as I see it you can no longer leave your computer on continuously as
>>every minute costs, and the software that we use, not being commercial,
>>can no longer be used so what is my advantage of staying with adsl.
>
>Well, if you aren't receiving/transmitting anything, leaving the computer
on
>shouldn't matter.
>
>>Having read all the emails I now find that although I will suffer
>>withdrawal symptoms for the speed Ihug and Saturn, now to me, appear
>>very attractive and for the amount they charge flat rate per month even
>>the occasional kicking would not hurt too much.
>
>I won't go back to a modem. I'm far too selfish and have become accustomed
>to the speed.
>
>But I will swap from ADSL to a cable modem if the price is better. I
already
>have Saturn here and I'm just waiting to see what the cable modem offer is.
> I've heard good things about it, but most rumour from people who know
people
>at Saturn.
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Received on Tue May 4 18:55:19 1999