Cable/DSL "shared" access myth (was Re: [TriLUG] Port 25 blocked)
Dan
trilug at daijin.nulluser.com
Wed May 19 13:00:15 EDT 2004
--On Wednesday, May 19, 2004 12:10:37 PM -0400 Tanner Lovelace
<lovelace at wayfarer.org> wrote:
> I haven't seen the ads, so I can't comment on them. I can say, however,
> that when I had satellite I did have this problem. It certainly wasn't
> uncommon, but it didn't really seem to depend on the strength of the rain.
> The best I could determine was that it was because of the size of the
> raindrops. Snow didn't affect it at all. Oh, and this was in two
> different
> locations with two different types of dishes (one small sony dish and a
> larger multi-satellite dish). So, I wouldn't call this problem "blatently
> false". It is a problem and you can get bitten by it. It's just one
> of the reasons why I have cable now.
fair... but I can only speak from my experience. I've only had satellite
at one location but have been through three different dishes without a
problem. Compared to the multitude of times my cable went out or looked
like crap.
Truth be told, I just hate the cable company. It borders on obsessive but
I am comfortable with that <grin>.
--
Dan
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