Date:    Wed, 17 Jan 2001 08:35:08 -0500
From:    richard seltzer <seltzer@samizdat.com>
Subject: Chat reminder, Thursday, Jan. 18 --
         DSL vs. cable for high speed Internet access


*** BUSINESS ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB -- WHERE WORD OF KEYSTROKE BEGINS ***

Please join us this Thursday, Jan. 18, from noon to 1 PM Eastern Time, to
discuss DSL vs. cable for high speed Internet
access. The business environment has changed radically since a year ago
when we last talked about this topic. DSL
companies (except for the baby bells) appear to be going out of business.
(The DSL service I had been using for a year
recently dropped that line of business, so I shifted to cable modem with
CableVision of Boston.) But connecting multiple
systems for your home or home office to a cable or DSL line can still be
a challenge. What you can do depends on the
company you signed up with, and most provide no support unless you pay a
premium price as a "business" customer; and cable companies typically
don't want "business" customers. Independent contractors can help, but
the DSL/cable companies typically don't provide referrals. So what kind
of help do you need and where can you get it? (see related article at
www.samizdat.com/dsl.html)
Please note that we are now holding these chat sessions at a new
discussion space hosted by SiteScape.

To go right to next week's chat area, you should go by way of our chat
introduction page -- http://www.samizdat.com/chat-intro.html For best
results, please connect with a PC with a recent browser (IE 5.0 or
Netscape 4.75 and above).

Next week, January 25, we'll talk about Web hosting options: what's
the market look like today? whatss the going rate? what are typical
limits/prices for disk space and traffic? recommended hosting companies.
I recently moved my Web site to a hosting service in California that
offers unlimited Web space, unlimited traffic, and 24/7 support (with a
toll-free number) for a virtual domain account at just $19.95/month.)

These chat sessions take place Thursdays 12 noon-1 PM Eastern Standard
Time = GMT -5).

Complete, edited transcripts of all past sessions are available at
http://www.samizdat.com/chat.html You can also see our upcoming schedule
of topics there.

Please send email with your follow-on questions and comments, suggestions
for future topics, and requests to receive email reminders about upcoming
sessions.

Best wishes.

Richard

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