Linux and IDSL? Anyone help?

[Eric J]

I'm seriously thinking about getting DSL, however, it's gonna be a long process due to different wiring problems that exist (to save time I won't delve into details.) Anyways, the only type of DSL I can get due to distance from CO (grrr) is IDSL (144/144k). My first question is, does anyone have IDSL or tried it? How is it? And what kind of performace can I expect compared to my 56k modem (which only yields about 3.5k/3.5k.) Second, due to the large number of ISPs that provide IDSL, I can really hunt around, however today I saw that 1 of them offers a Linux Shell for the IDSL. So my question is, do I need to get an ISP that supports Linux? Or will any ISP due and I can configure the line in Linux later? Currently using Earthlink. Using SuSE 7.0.


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Eric J

Imagine It. SuSE.

[DrDrake]

IDSL is good if its the only thing you can get. IDSL is fully compatible with linux, as long as it is an external modem/router.

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[DrDrake]

And in terms of performance, your modem gets 3.5-5k/s, your idsl line will get 15k/s.

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