On Friday 09 May 2008 06:52:11 am Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 08:52:28AM +0100, Jamie White wrote: > > Yes it is possible, theres various devices on the market todo it. > > > > There is one big catch, you only usually get 10 meg links. Also the > > devices are hard to find, I know the one I got (which I am not using > > because it didn't work in the UK!), is 10 meg, but links to the > > computer via USB. > > What's wrong with USB? USB performs as good as 100Mbit Ethernet, generally. 1.1MBit thinnet more like it. > Anyway, people have been using DSL technologies on phone wires for quite > some time. Speaking from experience, it's not the ideal solution even in that case, to be sure. You pay way more for less bandwidth given available alternatives. -- Paul Johnson baloo@ursine.ca Explaination of .pgp part: http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Mail/rant-gpg.html
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