sbcglobal

Phillip T. George me at PhillipGeorge.com
Mon Oct 11 16:39:58 UTC 2004


Mike Burger wrote:

>On Mon, 11 Oct 2004, Phillip T. George wrote:
>
>  
>
>>>>Unless you're using busness services from SBCGlobal or have a router, 
>>>>then you're going to have to set up PPPOE.  I'm not sure what the steps 
>>>>are for this, but someone else on the list may know.
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>Even with business class service (DSL, that is), current/new accounts need 
>>>to use PPPoE.  They stopped allocating via straight DHCP quite some time 
>>>ago (I'm using a business class SBC DSL account, and I work for SBC).
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>OUCH.  Personally I prefer Cox cable.  DSL seems to suck, especially 
>>when its PPPOE.
>>    
>>
>
>I'm going to have to disagree, somewhat.  I don't have to share my 
>bandwidth with the others in the surrounding neighborhoods, and I haven't 
>lost my DSL connection yet, which I can't say with my previous cable 
>connection.  In addition, I've got multiple IPs, and because my DSL 
>modem/router (Netopia Cayman unit) is handling the authentication for 
>PPPoE, I don't have to worry about whether or not my firewall computer is 
>keeping up with the connection.
>
Mike,
Where are you located?  Also, have you even tried cable--that whole 
sharing neighborhood thing is usually a load of crap.  Around here they 
give out 4Mbps standard...they recently decided to upgrade.  My 
bandwidth has never suffered, unless I'm connecting to a slow site (in 
which case, I make sure its not my bandwidth, by checking another site).
-Phillip
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