Another viable alternative to cable or DSL is a wireless connection. A
company that I'm doing design work for, StarTouch Wireless
www.startouch.com ) has their high speed wireless Internet and wireless DSL
connection available now.


----- Original Message -----
From: Donald Pickard <don@...>
To: <Whatcom_Webmasters@egroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 8:35 PM
Subject: RE: [Whatcom_Webmasters] Local DSL providers


> hi dave,
> have you thought about cable? i have a home network hooked up to
cable
> and it's very impressive. the cost is about $40 / month (which i
understand
> is cheap compared to DSL)... my downloads are great and it is quite
> consistant. Cable also allows constant internet access and it seems that
> TCI (AT&T) has finally gotten the technical difficulties under control and
> we have not lost connection in quite awhile.
> anyway, these are just some thoughts regarding local broadband
options.
> Don
>
> ps. i really mean it when i say that the downloads are good. on a good
day
> i have gotten 10 Megs / Min which is unbelievable when downloading a large
> peice of software or when getting mp3's on Napster.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Ward [mailto:pink-floyd@...]
> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 8:11 PM
> To: Whatcom_Webmasters@egroups.com
> Subject: [Whatcom_Webmasters] Local DSL providers
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm looking at leaving the days of dialup modems behind, and
> going to DSL. Is anybody here familiar with the different DSL
> providers? I'm looking for the cheapest one in Bellingham that
> includes POP mail accounts and web AND usenet access.
>
> Also, with a DSL connection you're online 100% of the time the
> computer is powered on, right? Or do you have to 'dial in'?
>
> Thanks for any assistance,
>
> Dave
>
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