michael watterson uvtjseircomnet james galvin wrote hello ill echo gavin says ethernet wireless routers come standard broadband packages days even likes clearwire ripwave work perfectly linux since youre getting dhcp lease one thing would careful 3g broadband offerings know buy pcmcia data card likes three dont know linux users service 3g isnt broadband latency 150ms 800ms speed shared everyone sector wcdma users added cell shrinks apparent sn gets worse 12users per 18mbps 36mbps 24 users 200kbps max number users connected possibly 100k 3 uses transparent proxy almost everyone ip address httpwwwboardsievbulletinshowthreadphpt2055115306 usb pcmcia modems 3g 3 o2 vodaphone work linux use dlink dir451 pcmcia usb modem ethernet andor wifi wpa 108mbps 6 kinds wireless apart 3ghsdpa 1 ripwave ibb essentially dialup replacement really broadband built aerial like wifi 2 services based wifi technology outdoor aerial poor 3 breeze ibb similar digiweb others 2mbps symmetrical outdoor radio aerial bit faster may near actually fixed wimax 4 digiwebs mobile internet based mobile phone 4g tech limited comreg licenced bandwidth lower speed hypothetical 4g low latency 40ms uses flashofdm 5 digiweb metro needs external radio aerial good los line sight 105ghz modem actually docsis 20 cable modem sip two builtin phone ports using qos cable packet separate private ip data ip ip public usually static 6 dedicated near dedicated microwave link low contention businesses apartment blocks get cheaper leased line places smart magnet fibre near dublin man fibre 10000 gets nice connection theres also 2way satellite seems currently better performance folks get 3ghsdpa regarding eircom broadband line rental indeed hurt pay double youll never use phone line smart telecom used give free phone line rental broadband dont know service still exists though james gavin mccullagh wrote hi mon 08 oct 2007 dxklueilloorg wrote im looking get landline broadband connection reason shouldnt get particular service using linux experience however might worth insisting getting ethernet modemrouter usb one wont deal driver issues also anyone eircom tell monthly fee includes line rental thats extra makes big difference dont dont want phone pay extra line rental would double price double price line paying rental prerequisite getting adsl nondsl options include ntlchorus wireless broadband perhaps 3g mobile broadband seem gotchas always seemed service runs cables inherent advantage one doesnt gavin mike wed 06 aug 2008 014320 0100 ilug broadband dublin