High speed Internet access alternatives???

[agabriel at coe.neu.edu (Anthony J. Gabrielson)]

Hello,
	If you go to bell atlantic's web site - they have pricing and
availability for everything.

Anthony

On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Chuck Young wrote:

> There is "FATpipe" which straps modems.  Since 56k modems are out and you
> only need 2x this to get ISDN speed, maybe it would work out for you with
> load balancing.  Linux does this, I'm told; you just need two phone lines
> and two modems.
> 
> Which is cheaper?  I'm sure A/SDSL is more than either of these.
> 
> Chuck Young
> GTE Internetworking
> 
> On Sun, 27 Jun 1999, Subba Rao wrote:
> 
> > Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 21:18:18 -0400 (EDT)
> > From: Subba Rao <subb3 at ibm.net>
> > To: Boston Linux Users Group <discuss at Blu.Org>
> > Subject: High speed Internet access alternatives???
> > 
> > The town I live in is serviced by Comcast cable and has been promising
> > cable modems for over 6 years (you should have it the next 5 months
> > etc.etc.). So I have given up the dream of having an cable modem access
> > to Internet.
> > 
> > Alternatively, I thought of subscribing to an ISDN line. The telephone
> > switch (from Ameritech) servicing our residential area, does not support
> > 
> > ISDN lines. If I move a few blocks, I can have access to ISDN. I do not
> > expect the phone switch to be replaced by Ameritech, any time soon. I am
> > 
> > also ruling out ADSL offerings for a while.
> > 
> > Now my question is, is there any other form of high speed internet
> > access. I hear of satellite based Internet connections. I don't know
> > which companies offers such connections. What other alternatives are available
> > to subscribe to high speed Internet connection?
> > 
> > Thank you in advance.
> > 
> > Subba Rao
> > subb3 at ibm.net
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