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Posted by Warren on May 15, 2005, 12:51 pm
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easygeezer wrote:
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> I appreciate the reply but it means very little to me, I did read it
> word for word to Tiscali but they were not intereted, they just said
> there service is for their modem only and as long as that works they
> are happy.. Surely other people have connected to Tiscali with no
> problems with an ethernet modem, if you have or already do so would
> appreciate advice on where I am going wrong...
>
Well, for one thing, it appears that Tiscali is a DSL provider, not a cable
provider, so you're in the wrong newsgroup.
But either way, whether it's DSL or cable, your modem needs to be compatible
with their system. If they say that only their modems are compatible, then
that's the final word. You can't make them change their network or policies
just for you. You're not talking about dial-up. Both DSL and cable are
essentially big LAN's, and what equipment is connected directly to the LAN
is up to the network administrators.
To get a better answer, I would suggest going to a DSL group. If you get
cable, come back here.
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