Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 00:42:06 -0800 (PST) From: tjlists@tntluoma.com To: "Chris" <racerx@makeworld.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Speed up dialin connection via proxy? Message-ID: <54688.69.211.82.66.1105778526.spork@webmail2.dreamhost.com> In-Reply-To: <41E894F7.5000700@makeworld.com> References: <2465F54E-66A9-11D9-A44D-000D93AD26C8@tntluoma.com> <41E894F7.5000700@makeworld.com>
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> Timothy Luoma wrote: >> >> I cannot get high speed internet access at home. In fact, I can't get >> more than about 26400 on my dialup. > > That sux Yup, especially after several years of having cable access @ our previous house/apartment. >> Anything else I could do to speed things up? > > ISDN? Direct TV? Cable? DSL? DSL = too far from the local hub ISDN = doubtful Cable = possibly this fall. Our cable company was bought by a new company which says that it is dedicated to expanding rural coverage (it ends about a mile from our house, I think). DirecTV = Had DirecWay installed for less than a month. They wanted $60/month, a Windows OS, no wireless (I understand that they have since come out with a way to overcome those two limitations).. but the bottom line is that it was really not much faster than dialup for regular browsing. For downloading a file, yes; but when you went somewhere like Amazon.com with a lot of images and other external files, it really slowed down (this was 2 way satellite, no phone line. We had it uninstalled before 30 days so we could get our money back ... except the $180 installation fee :-/
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