Here in the Netherlands there is plenty of choice, especially since ADSL has become as widely available as cable. I recently switched from cable to ADSL because it simply was a better deal.
I used to pay 50 Euro (US$64) for 1.5 Mbps down / 128 Kbps up to Chello (cable provider which belongs to UPC) and never had any problems with them. However, running servers and connection sharing were not allowed and upload speed was lacking (especially when working from home). At the moment I have 8 Mbps down / 1 Mbps up for 65 Euro (US$83) with Demon and I have never been happier. Demon allows one to run their own servers (no support of course) and connect as many computers as you want.
Both providers have no fixed bandwith cap but an Acceptable/Fair Use Policy, although based on what I've read in newsgroups and web forums you're better off with Demon since they seem to allow more traffic. Some people claim to have as much traffic per month as I have in a year, but I digress..
Since I share my connection with two friends who also live here I can split the costs, which makes it even better. And being able to download things quickly when you need them, be it new *BSD sources or a Linux iso makes me very happy:)
Try having FAT + NTFS + Linux + FreeBSD + Plan 9, etc on one disk and you'll wish for something better too.
I had the same problem and found a solution that works very well: BootStar is a bootmanager which allows up to 15 primary partitions, support for all partition types, password protection and much more. It's perfect to try out a new OS or have several Operating Systems to choose from at boot time. Best of all, it "hides" partitions from each other so the chance of one rogue OS to ruin data on partitions it is not supposed to touch is very small. See their website for more information.
To exchange data between the different OS's you can use a shared FAT16 partition or a fileserver on your LAN (if present of course).
There is one down side, it is a commercial program which costs 20 US$. For me it was worth every cent I payed for it, because I continually switch between several Linux distro's, BeOS and Win 98 on my main PC.
I felt truly relieved when I noticed there were *42* posts in response to the "Secret of Life"...
Finally the time has come to stop debugging that Ultimate Computer thingie, it was right after all.
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Here in the Netherlands there is plenty of choice, especially since ADSL has become as widely available as cable. I recently switched from cable to ADSL because it simply was a better deal.
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I used to pay 50 Euro (US$64) for 1.5 Mbps down / 128 Kbps up to Chello (cable provider which belongs to UPC) and never had any problems with them. However, running servers and connection sharing were not allowed and upload speed was lacking (especially when working from home). At the moment I have 8 Mbps down / 1 Mbps up for 65 Euro (US$83) with Demon and I have never been happier. Demon allows one to run their own servers (no support of course) and connect as many computers as you want.
Both providers have no fixed bandwith cap but an Acceptable/Fair Use Policy, although based on what I've read in newsgroups and web forums you're better off with Demon since they seem to allow more traffic. Some people claim to have as much traffic per month as I have in a year, but I digress
Since I share my connection with two friends who also live here I can split the costs, which makes it even better. And being able to download things quickly when you need them, be it new *BSD sources or a Linux iso makes me very happy
- Try having FAT + NTFS + Linux + FreeBSD + Plan 9, etc on one disk and you'll wish for something better too.
I had the same problem and found a solution that works very well: BootStar is a bootmanager which allows up to 15 primary partitions, support for all partition types, password protection and much more. It's perfect to try out a new OS or have several Operating Systems to choose from at boot time. Best of all, it "hides" partitions from each other so the chance of one rogue OS to ruin data on partitions it is not supposed to touch is very small. See their website for more information.To exchange data between the different OS's you can use a shared FAT16 partition or a fileserver on your LAN (if present of course).
There is one down side, it is a commercial program which costs 20 US$. For me it was worth every cent I payed for it, because I continually switch between several Linux distro's, BeOS and Win 98 on my main PC.
I felt truly relieved when I noticed there were *42* posts in response to the "Secret of Life" ...
Finally the time has come to stop debugging that Ultimate Computer thingie, it was right after all.
I could not stop myself CHUCKling while reading Sun's response.