I realize that this is going to affect all the SCSI, EIDE drives, but what about the FireWire, and USB external. Oh wait, dumb question: Everything that is used in a popular demand and shit like that, well, I guess that someone is going to have to "invent" a new interface technology, and one that will over ride all these securtiy precautions, and be able to interact with all present interfaces, and to be somewhat easy to install, and use. Remember, Keep it simple, stupid.
Cable is split between everyone in your neighborhood. I learned this when I was got a cable modem, and my friend next door got one too. So, even if you got a second line, you would be pulling bandwith off your other modem. I now am the only one in my neighborhood with a cable modem, and I am somewhat pleased with the service. Read my other post about the shit expierience with @home. But, just stick with your one modem, Danny. The only way I recomend doing that, is to get a DSL, and Cable, and use those as your primary net connection. That is an experiment that I have been wanting to try for a long ass time, just don't have the hardware, or money for that matter.
I am an @home user, and when I first read this, I was skeptical on the fine print. First, I don't trust Radio Shack. Second, I don't trust "free" hardware. I have had a shitload of problems in the past with my cable modem service, in fact, just today, they changed my IP address. That caused my routing tables to become completely fubar. But back to the subject. I was told a free installation, and 3 months free modem rental, at least with Charter@Home. They charged me $60 for my "free" install, and they never gave me free modem rental. Now, I have friends who work for Radio Shack, and I will talk to him about it, everything has strings attached to it, or the modem is a POS, and they are just trying to get rid of it.
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I realize that this is going to affect all the SCSI, EIDE drives, but what about the FireWire, and USB external. Oh wait, dumb question: Everything that is used in a popular demand and shit like that, well, I guess that someone is going to have to "invent" a new interface technology, and one that will over ride all these securtiy precautions, and be able to interact with all present interfaces, and to be somewhat easy to install, and use. Remember, Keep it simple, stupid.
Cable is split between everyone in your neighborhood. I learned this when I was got a cable modem, and my friend next door got one too. So, even if you got a second line, you would be pulling bandwith off your other modem. I now am the only one in my neighborhood with a cable modem, and I am somewhat pleased with the service. Read my other post about the shit expierience with @home. But, just stick with your one modem, Danny. The only way I recomend doing that, is to get a DSL, and Cable, and use those as your primary net connection. That is an experiment that I have been wanting to try for a long ass time, just don't have the hardware, or money for that matter.
I am an @home user, and when I first read this, I was skeptical on the fine print. First, I don't trust Radio Shack. Second, I don't trust "free" hardware. I have had a shitload of problems in the past with my cable modem service, in fact, just today, they changed my IP address. That caused my routing tables to become completely fubar. But back to the subject. I was told a free installation, and 3 months free modem rental, at least with Charter@Home. They charged me $60 for my "free" install, and they never gave me free modem rental. Now, I have friends who work for Radio Shack, and I will talk to him about it, everything has strings attached to it, or the modem is a POS, and they are just trying to get rid of it.