Relocating to Toronto

[James Knott]

Aaron Vegh wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 10:16:36 -0400, Michael Laccetti
> <michael-1DHYbOjWH/jDO7Nk1fN4cQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 
>>I currently have Rogers 'Extreme' cable, which is a 5mbit/800k package.
>>Runs $44.95/mo.  I have to admit, it's pretty damn spanky.  Haven't had any
>>problems, and I run a whole bunch of things behind it (web/e-mail/db/...).
> 
> 
> I'm on Rogers too, but I don't know which "edition" I'm on, since they
> recently started offering "extreme" and "express" versions of the
> service. Funny thing is, they both cost $44.95/month, bu extreme
> offers 5 Mb, while express is 3 Mb (same as istop, it seems). Any way
> for me to tell which version I'm on?

If you bought your own modem, you're on extreme and get the greater 
bandwidth.
> 
> I really like the look of istop, because of their static IP. But
> again, because it's DSL, I don't know what kind of service to expect,
> because it depends on distance to the central Bell station, right? Any
> thoughts on that?

On Rogers, the IPs are virtually static and the host name is always 
consistent, so even if your IP changes, you can still find it via DNS.



--
The Toronto Linux Users Group.      Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org
TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns
How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml