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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Apache and FreeBSD versions Date: Wed, 25 Dec 1996 13:07:11 +0000 Organization: Erol's Internet Services Lines: 42 Message-ID: <32C126FF.19A9@www.play-hookey.com> References: <E2FwC0.4yy@nonexistent.com> <E2MKzC.Ks7@nonexistent.com> <32BCF239.683B@www.play-hookey.com> <E2tw30.JKp@nonexistent.com> <32BD916C.4B5F@www.play-hookey.com> <32BF5674.2D0F@fred.net> Reply-To: kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com NNTP-Posting-Host: kenjb05.play-hookey.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; U) To: Roger Armstrong <mcurry@fred.net> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:33139 Roger Armstrong wrote: > > Ken Bigelow wrote: > > > As for Squid, I've seen references to both it and CERN cache in my > > agent_log file, but I haven't tried it, and so have no opinion. I figure > > that my 33.6K dialup is the basic bottleneck on my system. Until I can > > upgrade that to at least ISDN, any efforts I make to speed up the box > > will have little practical effect. > > USR says they will make x2 firmware available to new purchasers of their > modem lines, sometime in Jan. or Feb. Assuming that you seek out an ISP > that uses USR modems for dialups, this could move you up to 56K. I would guess that assumes I'm using a USR modem as well. Since I'm not, I expect that would require a higher price tag. Meanwhile, my current hookup with 33.6K also negotiates VJ 01 compression (whatever that's good for) with my ISP, and both are happy. > > On the other hand, Bell Atlantic is thrashing the ISDN waters pretty > hard. They are now waiving the $125 installation charge. This could put > you in a position where you could 1. find an ISP that would or could > execute the ISDN dialup to your Web site for inbound calls (seems > unlikely), or 2. plunge ahead and get the centrex ISDN. Maybe BellAtl > has a pop reasonably close-by, and your mileage charges for centrex may > be acceptable. This path is more likely for me. I live in the middle of the triangle between Washington, DC, Baltimore, and Annapolis, MD. There are several ISPs here which accept ISDN. Either way, thanks for the thoughts. [CC sent by e-mail, since Roger also e-mailed his post to me] -- Ken Are you interested in | byte-sized education | http://www.play-hookey.com over the Internet? |