'splain to me, please

[SadieKate]

What is the difference between Broadband and DSL? Is broadband always cable? Trying to figure out internet access for our new house and I'm very iggerant.

We're going to have to change our email addresses!!!! Yuck! Somehow, that seems more painful than all the address changes for snail mail.

[Veronica]

Thom says Broadband is technically all high speed Internet access. Probably most people use broadband when they mean cable.

DSL uses a phone line not cable.

V.

PS Now T. wants to check Wikipedia for the definition of broadband. :D

[Fredwina]

V is right.
DSL and Cable Modems are both Broadband.
DSL is via the phone line

[SadieKate]

Ah ha! So that explains why I was confused.

Qwest's website says DSL isn't available at our new house, but when I called they said their database was down. I really don't want cable so let's hope Qwest can do it.

Thanks all, including Mr. T.

[Fredwina]

Ah ha! So that explains why I was confused.

Qwest's website says DSL isn't available at our new house, but when I called they said their database was down. I really don't want cable so let's hope Qwest can do it.

Thanks all, including Mr. T.

If I remember right, you have to be within 2 miles of your central office (phone co. talk for building where the switching equipment lives) to get DSL.

[emily_in_nc]

If I remember right, you have to be within 2 miles of your central office (phone co. talk for building where the switching equipment lives) to get DSL.

I think that's actually closer to three miles -- and you don't have to be that close to the central office, just to a remote off the central office. Our rural neighborhood was in dial-up hell for a few years until our telco put in a new remote (a switching box that serves a certain number of subscriber lines) within three miles of our road. Thankfully, we all have DSL now, and we can't imagine what we did without it! (We also can't get cable out here in the sticks -- we have satellite for TV.)

Emily, who works in the telecom industry

[SadieKate]

We have DishNetwork which we can just move with us. It's been OK once we re-pointed the dish and replaced the cables. The contractor tried 3 times and just made it worse. Interesting that we could do a better job than the pros.:rolleyes:

[SadieKate]

Whew, just called Qwest again and they even have the fastest service available to that neighborhood.

They use the word broadband also but it is definitely DSL.

Thanks all!

[jobob]

Glad to hear you'll still stay in touch out in the wilds. :)

[SadieKate]

Yeah, for two months it will be me, the beer and the howling poodle. :rolleyes: Someone will probably need to check in on me. :)

[crazycanuck]

Hey SK, good to hear you're joining the wireless revolution...:)


It's so unfair that someone in the boonies can get Broadband here in Australia but Ian & I can't in our neighbourhood :mad:...

I despise Telstra as they've not split the cable at our routing station..2 blocks away..

Our only option was wireless broadband!

C

[aka_kim]

Yeah, for two months it will be me, the beer and the howling poodle. :rolleyes: Someone will probably need to check in on me. :)Time to organize the AV x-country/snow shoeing adventure! :D

[SadieKate]

Hey, I have a bunch of XC skis for sale! OK, you need to be 6'2" for them to fit, but still . . . .

I love craigslist.

[SadieKate]

I have amiciveloci.org registered under AT&T Yahoo! domains. We'll be changing our phone and DSL service to Qwest (with a couple months overlap). Does anyone know how I can continue as owner of this domain?

Hep.

-- SK lost in the nebulous 'net

[Fredwina]

should'nt be an issue.

[SadieKate]

Wny not? I pay AT&T for the domain name and will be cancelling sbc/at&t/yahoo/whatever phone and DSL services. Will they send me a bill anyway?

[Fredwina]

A good question!
I looked up the domain on a who is site(no link since it leads directly to personal info)
Legally, I think you own Amiciveloci.org until the renewal date (maybe a lease is a more approraite term)
Noticed that it said "client transferred prohibited", which probably means you cant move to godaddy.com.
I would contact Yahoo! and see what's up. I think you should be able to have Yahoo continue to host the site, but I'm not an attorney and I don't know what kind of agreements you signed.
PM me, But I'm not sure If can be of much more help

[SadieKate]

Thanks, Fredwina. I found that but it is still clear as mud. I can find lots of info on yahoo's site except for the chance where someone might be going to another ISP, only coming from another ISP. I mean, if you make it difficult, maybe the client will just give up.

[Irulan]

can you register a slightly different name with a real domain service company like godaddy in the meantime? It's really cheap. I have five domains registered with godaddy.com and their service is excellent. They would probably tell you how to deal with yahoo, too. I had issues with network solutions not wanting to release a domain name for transfer, and godaddy was very helpful in telling me how to get it released.

[SadieKate]

Thanks, Irulan. That's a good idea to protect another.

The domain is registered with a real registrar but through AT&T/yahoo, so I'm more worried about AT&T/yahoo. The doman locking is a service I pay for to protect it. I should call AT&T . . . in my spare time. After this weekend, life will be a little easier.

One last day to pack for the next load. I'm gonna need some coffee.

[onimity]

when you registered the domain, you made it yours for whatever term you selected. You can legally transfer the registration to another registrar (see http://www.icann.org/transfers/policy-12jul04.htm), but registrars do limit when you can do that, i.e., in the time just before expiration. I've found it *much* easier to deal with the company that you want to transfer the domain to. A company losing business isn't as motivated to help you as a company potentially getting business.

The other issue is hosting though. New registrar or old registrar, you will still need to point the domain to a nameserver that identifies the machine where the site is hosted. So if the site is hosted with AT&T/yahoo too, you will either need to move the site to another server or continue to pay the cost of hosting the site there. The hosting charge should be billed separately from your ISP charge. (though it looks like the domain just redirects to the blog...is there any actual content on amiciveloci.org itself?)

Anne

[aka_kim]

My 2 cents -

Your domain registration and your ISP account are most likely not linked, so switching providers shouldn't be a problem. You do want to contact Yahoo Domains about your new mailing address, and make sure you keep your yahoo email account.

[SadieKate]

(though it looks like the domain just redirects to the blog...is there any actual content on amiciveloci.org itself?)

AnneBing! You are correct! Only a redirect. :p

aka_kim, I never use the "behind the scenes" yahoo email, only the sbcglobal email. I think a "yahoo.com" email is always free? I remember getting it eons ago, like probably the last century. I'll need to check if everything gets forwarded to the sbcglobal address.

My list of questions is building.

[onimity]

In that case, if it turns out you are paying a separate hosting charge I am happy to let you point the domain to my server and handle the redirect for you. It's silly to spend extra $ on that when there are bikes to spend money on :D and you AV ladies are really wonderful and inspirational.

A.

[SadieKate]

Ah, what an offer. Thank you so much. I'll keep you posted. I'll probably handle this in November once I've got Qwest email live and operational.

[Irulan]

when you registered the domain, you made it yours for whatever term you selected. You can legally transfer the registration to another registrar (see http://www.icann.org/transfers/policy-12jul04.htm), but registrars do limit when you can do that, i.e., in the time just before expiration. I've found it *much* easier to deal with the company that you want to transfer the domain to. A company losing business isn't as motivated to help you as a company potentially getting business.


No kidding. It took **4** phone calls and then some for Network Solutions to release MY stuff to a new registrar. Short story, I finally had to get really nasty with them as they just wouldn't do what they said they were going to do. I was warned by the company I was transferring to who interestingly enough charges much less than NS.