ADSL | ADSL promises (and delivers) two-way, very fast connections over
the regular phone lines.
The service is available in Saint Louis via
SW Bell. Pricing: $49 a month for 384K, $119 for 1.5M. My review of SW BELL ADSL | Availability of ADSL around the country |
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Cable Modem | It's here! I joined the
Charter Pipeline
beta test program
and today
(06/05/98), they installed cable modem for me.
I only played with it for few minutes, but I can already say, that
IT WORKS! I was swept off my feet when 1.3M file downloaded in 11 seconds!
My review of Charter Pipeline | 3COM Cable modem information | Charter Communications site
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SDSL | Local ISP "Phoenix Data Systems" does this. All accounts are dedicated, pricing starts at $119 for residential (single-user, supposedly doesn't work with proxy) and $200 for commercial (multi-user). Here's more info and prices. |
56k modems | Yesterday's hot news. The V.90 modem standard is now available. Word of caution, though - my modem is former X2 - it works with V.90 ISP, who upgraded from X2, but doesn't work with V.90 - former K56FLEX! |
Satellite | DirecPC offers fast access thru their dish. It's pretty fast, but the minuses are that it's one-way, you have to pay for dish and installation and their pricing plans are steep - not the $20 unlimited that we have grown to love. |
