[CLUG] Chorus Powernet

[Adam Lock]

Peter Flynn wrote:

> Adam Lock wrote:
> 
>> Also, don't forget this is Chorus we're talking about - a company not 
>> exactly reknowned for having a clue. I don't think I'll trust my 
>> livelihood on them just yet seeing as they never once provided a 
>> decent cable TV service in the three years I had the misfortune to 
>> subscribe to them.
> 
> 
> 
> I've never had any problems with their TV service apart from the 
> occasional dropped connection. But having just got a new TV with
> teletext, I find the text is always garbled.
> 
> But they don't have much of a clue...given the circumstances surrounding 
> the setup of Cork Multichannel that's hardly surprising.
> 
> What does your ISDN connection cost and is it worth getting instead? Or 
> are there (will there be) better alternatives?
> 
> ///Peter


ISDN costs way more especially if you're a heavy user like me but it's 
the only option I have for the moment. Chorus doesn't run cables up to 
where I live which is why I switched to satellite.

I'm still holding out that either Eircom or ESAT will deliver the DSL 
they've been promising for some time. Assuming they publish some 
reasonable rates, I'd much prefer to switch to them than Chorus.

The couple of things that concerns me about all these high speed 
offerings is Linux support and IP masquerading (NAT). I have heard some 
US cable/DSL companies are using NAT on their servers which makes it 
impossible for stuff like VPN and some streaming technologies to work 
properly.