[ale] Quick DSL hardware Q...

Kevin Krumwiede krum at oco.net
Tue Aug 14 23:05:33 EDT 2001


You mean BellSouth finally updated DirecTV DSL's database. ;-)

Good luck.  Let us know how it goes!

Krum

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ale at ale.org [mailto:owner-ale at ale.org]On Behalf Of Jay Finch
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 9:05 PM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] Quick DSL hardware Q...


Well... It looks like Telocity/DirecTV DSL has finally updated their
database and I'm eligible now..

Guess what I'm ordering tomorrow to test out Cable vs. DSL?

Thanks again for all the feedback!

Cheers!
Jay

At 09:24 PM 8/13/01 -0400, Shawn Veader wrote:

>would you consider another DSL provider? if so, then check
>out telocity / directvinternet. (directv recently bought telocity)
>it comes with no contract. you pay to have the modem shipped
>to you. (~$25) (you of course have to ship it back in the end but
>i believe they send you postage to do that....) then its $50/mo.
>that includes a static ip. =) the modem itself is self contained
>and you can get ethernet or usb out the back. works great!
>
>On Monday 13 August 2001 05:50 pm, Jay Finch wrote:
> > Hey everyone,
> >
> > I have a quick question that I think can be answered quite handily by
all
> > of y'all.. :~)
> >
> > I am looking at exploring Bellsouth's DSL Internet option, but want to
> > check and make sure that their supported "DSL Modem Devices" actually
have
> > Linux Drivers, and if others have had success with them...
> >
> > Their "Supported Devices" website is:
> > http://www.fastaccess.com/consumer/blsc_byom_faqmdmlst.jsp?
> > byom_mdm_type=SUPPORTED
> >
> > The one I think I'm going to request is the 3Com HomeConnect PCI Card
> > (3ec3617-bso (Akita), 3cp3617b-bso (Seadra), Driver 2.0)
> >
> > Comments?  Suggestions?  Advice?
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> > Jay
> >
> >
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