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piratePenguin:

--- Quote from: davidnix71 ---Quote >>  I have Mandrake 6 on cd, plus manuals, if you need it, dialup loser...

davidnix71:
Unlimited BellSouth dial-up is $21/month. The speed varies because they are doing fiber upgrades nearby and are rerouting traffic and reseting connections a lot. Around 40kbs is doable.

Real DSL is $45/ month from BellSouth. They offer a few dsl-lite versions, but they aren't much cheaper. I don't watch tv or care to, so a cable or satellite bundle for $70 isn't any cheaper. TV was a vast wasteland when I was young and it hasn't gotten better. :p

I had a conversation with a BellSouth rep as to why I wouldn't get dsl from them, and I told him that their advertising was the reason.

BellSouth and everyone else offering high speed internet here won't disclose the true price in their ads. Either they mention no price at all, or they only list a fake low come-on price (good for 90 days or only valid with an expensive bundle of other services).

BellSouth had what looked like a decent deal a couple of months ago until I got to the second page of fine print on the internet. The fine print said the offer was valid for someone who had dsl wiring installed already and owned a BellSouth compatible modem.

If not, then it 'might' cost $200 dollars to set up (wiring upgrade and a modem). I live in a 40-year-old apartment and don't have a dsl modem that meets their specs. Plus I use a Mac.

Linux would be a lot more doable with dsl. Dialup on a mac with Linux is almost impossible. I actually use VPC and pc versions of Linux and dial out from OS X and give VPC network privileges. Dynebolic is usable that way.

Duo Maxwell:
I see it as the time saved, broadmand opens up allot more to do and see that out there that is just far too time consuming on dialup. What's more valueable to you? Your dollars $5-15 more a month or your time?

RaZoR1394:
Last time I did that test I got Gentoo, now I got Ubuntu. It seems to fit my new ideals. However I would like to see a much more advanced test.

Aloone_Jonez:
In the end I got fucked off with Ubuntu so I installed Mandriva and it's quite good for what it is. I liked the way it came as a live CD and had an easy install feature, the only thing is as my usual complaint with most distros half the software included with ti is out of date. I hope the packaging sysytem is better than Ubuntu's which had this Winwoes-like ability to fuck itself.

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