[ale] Re-send: Opinions on Cable versus DSL

[Wandered Inn]

Thompson Freeman wrote:
> 
> I'm coming up on 18 months with the former Telocity, now
> (?) DirectStatelite or some such hokum. Price & speed are pretty good here
> in Charlotte, don't know about other places. Unless things have changed,
> you get a static ip assigned by DHCP. They seem to be pretty OS neutral,
> and customer service does want to help.

Say again? DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol???)

> 
> Two negative issues I have are 1) I have to power cycle the dsl-router to
> bring myself back on line something like once a month and 2) customer
> support has had its ups and downs since I joined up.

And you've had the same IP from the beginning?


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