[ILUG] esat broadband modem

[Barry O'Donovan]

On Tue 23 Mar 2004 17:39, olearypj at rte.ie wrote:
> Hi folks,
>           I was wondering if any of you guys have had any problems
> getting Linux to talk to the DSL modem supplied by Esat/BT, i'm
> thinking of signing up next week but dont fancy having to buy another
> dsl modem. I'm running a smoothwall box & would like to be able to
> disable the router if possible in the supplied modem. Any help would
> be appreciated
>
>

Just on the topic of Broadband, if you're in a suitable area, Irish 
Broadband have some good product offerings.

http://www.irishbroadband.ie/

I'm thinking of signing up for the Breeze Home which gives me unlimited 
upload/download at 0.512Mbps (both directions) and a 20:1 contention 
ratio. The upside is that it's only €35 a month but the downside is 
that I have to get a small antenna on the roof. As I don't have a home 
phone and don't want to pay Eircom in excess of €20 a month for line 
rental I can live with this. The installation fee is more expensive, 
€149, but that is again countered by the line rental. You also get a 
static IP.


If anyone is interested, I did a small comparison yesterday between the 
various products and you can download it here:

http://guinness.ucd.ie/misc/broadband.pdf
http://guinness.ucd.ie/misc/broadband.sxc

Errors and omissions ARE DEFINATELY EXPECTED! If anyone wants to update 
the OpenOffice version and send it back go ahead and I'm more than 
willing to put in a bit more work and convert it to a HTML table for 
the ILUB website if there is a demand/considered useful.

A very useful website is the Dept. of Communications (and other things):

http://www.broadband.gov.ie/BBInfo/home.aspx

Regards,
Barry


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Regards,
Barry O'Donovan  -  www.ihl.ucd.ie

Roinn na Ríomheolaíochta, An Coláiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha Cliath, 
Éire.
Department of Computer Science, University College Dublin, Ireland.