broadband alternatives?

[Joseph Key]

Have you looked at the business cable modem rates?  Usually business
connections allow sharing of the IP.

Joseph Key
jkey at usa.net
keyj001 at hawaii.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Mings" <jeffm at lava.net>
To: "Linux Users Anonymous" <luau at luau.hi.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 12:02 AM
Subject: [luau] broadband alternatives?


>      Is anything practical available locally other than DSL or
> RoadRunner?  Obviously, modems are too slow and ISDN is too slow/too
> expensive.  An associate can't get DSL in his area, and RoadRunner's
> service agreement expressly forbids sharing an internet connection (such
> as with IP masquerading/NAT) unless you pay $10/per computer to share; I
> know that many of us do this anyway, but I read the fine print on a new
> RR agreement, and IP sharing would be a violation so they don't want to
> do it.  DirectPC would almost work, but they don't have a point of
> presence in the 808 area, and 400 Kbps still isn't quite as fast as one
> would like.  Do any of you know of alternatives for less than $100/month?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff Mings
>
>
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