From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 24 16:59: 9 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fedde.littleton.co.us (cfedde.dsl.frii.net [216.17.139.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33E7337B417 for ; Mon, 24 Dec 2001 16:59:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from fedde.littleton.co.us (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fedde.littleton.co.us (8.11.6/8.11.4) with ESMTP id fBP0wx258549; Mon, 24 Dec 2001 17:58:59 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <200112250058.fBP0wx258549@fedde.littleton.co.us> To: Fuji Zhang Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: any difference between cable(TV) and phone line high speed internet In-Reply-To: From: Chris Fedde Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 17:58:59 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 21 Dec 2001 10:21:20 -0500 (EST) Fuji Zhang wrote: +------------------ | Seasons Greetings! does anybody know if there is any difference between | phone line and cable(TV) high speed conncections as far as FreeBSD is | concerned? appreciate your help. +------------------ The main difference are in the "modem" used and the provisioning by the ISP. Most of these differences show up in the details of configuring the modem. Genraly FreeBSD itself does not impact the issue at all except that the ISP will only answer questions for "windows based systems". So if you need to ask FreeBSD questions their tier1 techs might tell you that you are unsupported. Good Luck -- Chris Fedde To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message