Dan you hit it on the head, I didn't know how much business class cable 
was (WOW)!
I pay about $55 a month for Qwest and ISP with 2 IP addresses. I pay 
yearly so I get a
small break on the monthly that covers the second IP address ;-)
DSL requires 1 IP for the modem and 1 IP for the router if you want to 
host a website,
email, etc..  I do port forwarding so I could and have done a lot of 
tricky port stuff.

DSL is now 1.5 down and 1 up, I know cable is faster 5 down but the up 
is slower then 1.
If you have a website as I do the 1 up is real nice, I host a bunch of 
pictures for a friend and
a Scout Troop.

It took me several hours to down load the 4 FC3 32bit ISO's wasn't a big 
deal.
I got about 165kbs so I was limited by the other end of the pipe not my end.

I guess it's all a mater of how much speed we really _need_, I have 2 
kids 10 and 13. I can
still play CoDUO while they surf and play music. Yes I kick butt ;)

Sam.

Dan Rue wrote:

>On Sun, Mar 06, 2005 at 05:46:14PM -0600, Wyl Newland wrote:
>  
>
>>I must have Qwest DSL specifically so that I can retain my static IP
>>addresses.  Do/can cable companies "bridge" me to my own ISP
>>(Winternet)?  Alternatively, do/can cable companies rent me a static
>>IP address sub-network.
>>    
>>
>
>When you have cable internet, you can not choose your own isp.  
>
>To get a static or a subnet with comcast or roadrunner, you need to
>upgrade to business class service, which, iirc, bumps it to $99/mo or
>better.
>
>DSL is better because there is competition between the ISPs - though
>speeds are still set by qwest as far as I understand it.  The ISP's seem
>to mearly support whichever speeds the phone companies set, but I could
>be wrong on that point.
>
>Dan
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