Broadband choices
Karl Ramberg
karl.ramberg at chello.se
Wed Aug 16 19:01:09 UTC 2000
I actually got cable, but it is dynamic IP. I don't know anything about their firewall etc.
I know that the same company screwed up the firewall in Norway and lots of people got sad computers.
It costs 300 skr a month, about $30.
Karl
Michael Rueger wrote:
>
> Peter Crowther wrote:
>
> > Hmph. The two are not always compatible, and the comms technology in much
> > of the rest of the developed world is years behind the US.
>
> Well, in the US this includes Utah ;-)
>
> No, seriously, a large percentage of the internet population even in the
> US uses AOL on dial-up lines. At Disney Online every web page has to be
> tested against 28k AOL (read slooooww), because that's what most
> costumer/guests actually have.
> In cities like LA the percentage of people going broadband is growing
> fast. You can tell this by just watching the number of people in the
> network equipment aisle at Fry's ;-)
>
> On the other hand, even though it looks like Europe is behind in
> broadband access right now, it will probably leap ahead by directly
> going to wireless broadband. I hope...
>
> Michael
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