Hmmmm. Just got a “NOW AVAILABLE IN YOUR AREA!” brochure from Comcast regarding broadband. <\/p>\n
Hmmmm.<\/p>\n
Of course, it could be just a tease. But wouldn’t that be loverly?<\/p>\n
$43 per month — plus modem, which appears to be $3\/mo, or $50 outright. Of course, what I’d like to do is get it hooked into a router that communicates by WiFi to my and Margie’s PCs. Although we could hook the current access point into a normal Ethernet port, and then use the two antennae from each of our machines …<\/p>\n
Yeah …<\/p>\n
The question after that will be, drop the Earthlink connection? Not immediately, until we find out how reliable it is. Of course, without Earthlink, I’d have to use my work’s VPN dialer to dial up online — but the only time I ever have to dial up is when I’m on a business trip. <\/p>\n
On the other hand, Earthlink does high-speed access. Can I go via Comcast’s connection to them? For how much more?<\/p>\n
And what about the second phone line. I’d hate to drop it, only to discover that the cable connection is flaky. Or, alternately, to then have to balance using the fax with using the normal land line.<\/p>\n
In other words, I’m not 100% certain the saving touted would occur, at least at first.<\/p>\n
And I need to find out if I can VPN across it to my office. That’s not 100% of a show-stopper for me, but it could be for Margie. <\/p>\n
Still — 1500Kbps down, 256Kbps up. Hmmmmm …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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