[GLLUG] sbc x comcast

[tk3000]

Thanks a lot for all the infomartion and tips. I will investigate everything. 
But, even though, there could be, for most part, a small performance decrease 
with adsl (if you don't take into account the fact that cable uses a bridge 
to share the connection among different subscribers). I like the idea of 
having a stable ip address (hopefully I will have one with adsl if I don't 
reset the modem, but I still have to see how it is going work for me), so I 
can access my network from the public network, and since I have a router that 
is always on maybe I could  preserve my ip for some time. And my experience 
with cable is that it is not as fast I would expect, but for most part the 
internet at large is not so fast. Bottomline I believe that adsl is a better 
value.

I will check out the other providers (earthlink, acd, tds) and the issue of 
distance (I live close to downtown East Lansing). In terms of phone services 
I am using skype for most part (it is pretty cool, since they have clients 
for win32 and linux, but sometimes there is some  minor degradation of the 
audio communication). I greatly appreciated the feedback.

Pedro Wald
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