[ILUG] Broadband querry

[Caolan McNamara]

On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 10:46:23 +0000, Laurent_Coudeur at lionbridge.com wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> Before I take the plunge and get my new house a new phone connection, I 
> wanted to have you opinion on the state of Broadband.
> 
> let's recap 
> is the modem provided Linux compatible? 
> and if so what is ti like (USB ethernet serial...)
>                         eircom  UTV     Esat
> current cost            39.99   29.99   39
> installation cost               99      99      90
> download                4GB     8GB     8GB
> Modem compatible?

utv's modem is a USB ZyXel 630-11 (or at least thats what they gave me),
which has linux drivers and getting this to work under linux been
discussed quite a bit on this list in the past. They require a bit of
hacking to get going, but I find it works very well once up and running.
i.e. see http://www.skynet.ie/~caolan/TechTexts/ZyXEL-630-11-HowTo.html

I'd rather chew off my leg than return to eircom, and UTV are cheap, and
were all round nice guys when I've ever spoken to them :-)

C.
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