I am at 13500 feet and it costs me $89 a month. 4 static IP addresses as well. It is the Efficient Networks 5260 Telespeed Modem (bridge). I don't have any problem with the lack of a router because I put it all behind a firewall anyway (and I will use briding on it eventually to utilize all the IPs). Tom Veldhouse veldy at veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Schewe" <jpschewe at eggplant.mtu.net> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 9:53 PM Subject: Re: [TCLUG:21012] USWest DSL and local providers > How much does this run you and how close do you have to be? > > "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy at veldy.net> writes: > > > I was getting 20 dB when trained at 640 and 27 dB when trained at 256. I > > can get an additional 7 dB if I go straight to the dmarc (sp?) and skip all > > the internal wiring in the house. It is irrelavent now, I just went live > > with a 1.5Mbps/384 Kbps line from Concentric/Covad. It rocks. I easily > > pull 120 KB/s from the good sites. It looks like USWest has taken the wrong > > approach to things :) > > > > -- > Jon Schewe | http://eggplant.mtu.net/~jpschewe > For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels > nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any > powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all > creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that > is in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 8:38-39 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org