SpeedChoice broadband

[Emmanuel Gravel]

Last time I checked about COX was about a month ago
or more, and they said at best 6 months, at most 2
years. I live pretty much at the outskirts (closer
to 67th and Beardsley). Double checked on their
website and it's still not available.

The question is of authentication, mostly, since
they appeared to discuss different user accounts
logged on to the service. If it's just access to
a network, and all they offer is the line without
authentication, that's no problem. But if they
require some type of authentication, like through
dialup, then that may cause problems. I'm just
lacking basic understanding of their system...

Thanks!

Emmanuel


--- Steve.Hight@netapp.com wrote:
> Cox  cable modems are available in some areas of
> Glendale now.  I am near 43rd
> ave & Bell and I can get it.  
> 
> This just happened 2 weeks ago.
> 
> 
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	Donn Shumway [mailto:DShumway@hypercom.com] 
> Sent:	Friday, May 12, 2000 3:21 PM
> To:	plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> Subject:	Re: SpeedChoice broadband
> 
> 
> 
> wrote:
> >Since SpeedChoice is now SprintBroadband, price has
> >gone down but browsing through their FAQ, it
> appears
> >that they've made the system so only Windows and
> Mac
> >boxen can connect to the system. Does anyone have
> any
> >experiences connecting Linux or other OS'es to
> their
> >system? If so, how's it done? I'm considering them
> >since Cox doesn't have any service in Glendale, and
> >ADSL isn't available in my area (fibre lines).
> Their
> >FAQ is very sparse on info about the way to connect
> >to their service...
> 
> >Thanks,
> >Emmanuel
> 
> They have always (previously a sSpeedchoice) only
> officially supported
> Windows or Mac. They do however, not object to Linux
> or other OS's, but
> will not help in configuration or troubleshooting in
> any other OS's.
> 
>  I believe they (Speedchoice or Sprint) still supply
> one fixed IP address
> for each account, the cable modem is assigned a
> gateway address, and two
> DNS server addresses for the client subnet. I had no
> problem getting it to
> work on a Linux box, although getting IP-Masq to
> work properly required
> some assistance from several PLUG members.
> 
> Regards,
> Donn Shumway
> dshumway@hypercom.com
> "Sarcasm is the safe alternative to expressing
> anger."
> --Richard North Patterson
> 
> 
> 
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