I believe there may be so misunderstandings here, idsl, correct me if I'm
wrong, is the DSL technology based off ISDN in that it can reach the areas
that have ISDN, but aren't capable of getting either ADSL (USWEST) or
SDSL. IDSL is only capable of 144k and cost about twice as much as an ISDN
circuit. You decide if the dedicated vs dial-up connectivity is important
enough to pay twice as much for a line that only boasts 24kbps more. ADSL
which is the type of line offered by USWest is capable of up to 7mbs
currently all pendant on your distance from their nearest CO with a
dslam. And SDSL (the one I know least about) is capable of getting a
little further out from a CO than ADSL, but not necesarily much different
from that point on.

So, IDSL may not be what is being spoken of. Please also not that whatever
ISP you choose is capable of supporting all of these (generally, the
exception is if their hardware doesn't support l2tp) because by the time
they hit the ISP  its just recognized as your PVC most often delivered via
ATM.


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Jonathan Furrer
jonny@jofu.com
http://www.jofu.com/

On Mon, 24 Jul 2000 beauchampj@mindspring.com wrote:

> Cox cable or idsl should work if you can get linux to recognize your network interface card.  Cox will provide you a modem and a nic if needed.  I believe most dsl companies will as well.  Cable is shared bandwidth so if your speed is phenomenal it may be more practical to use idsl.  At least the size of your pipe is guaranteed.
> plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us wrote:
> > Hello all,	I haven't spent much time with computers since 1993.  Last year I was
> forced to swap from Mac to IBM, and now I'm starting to play with Linux on a
> PII300 I picked up cheap.  I say play because I haven't' even been able to
> get the thing to recognize the StarOffice CD I bought at the last PLUG
> meeting, so I obviously have a way to go before I can say I 'work' with
> Linux.
> 	Anyway, my questions are about DSL vs. cox cable modem technology.  Now
> that I'm playing again, I want to play faster.  I'm looking at the Cox cable
> internet and at DSLsource, but I'm open to any other suggestions.  At this
> point, I don't even know if Cox can be used with Linux, and I'm a little
> hesitant to sign with DSLsource, as I would be paying for the slowest speed
> they offer and an IDSL modem.
> Any thoughts?
> Pete
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