So far this weekend seems like its been an early Xmas! It’t 10:45 in the morning and while I’m making this Blog – sipping some fresh java – I’m enjoying my brand new superfast ADSL… Thats right: this weekend I already got my new fast ADSL. And when I say fast, I mean FAST. Lightning fast… Blazing saddles fast… I’m talking warp 10!
Ok, you think: this guys is over-reacting. Well, my ADSL is 8(!)megabit downstream and 1(!)megabit upstream. And I downloaded a Linux .ISO image that was 660megabyte in just 16(!)minutes last night! When I had cable it took me at least 1hour and 20 minutes to do that!
The deal is I wanted to be able to run my own servers. I had Internet access by cable but then I was not allowed to run my own servers or even connect more than 1 computer to my cable (UPC). Then a friend of mine said he was getting rid of his cable (UPC) because he was getting ADSL from Demon Internet. He said he was going to pay half what he paid for with UPC and in return he would be twice as fast! So natuarally I thought I’d check how and what the deal was. So, then I saw that for just 10 Euro a month more than I pay right now for my cable, I could get the fastest ADSL possible.
I enrolled 2 1/2 weeks ago and figured it would take at least 3 weeks or so. But when I checked the track & tace pages I saw they send me my ADSL modem already and that they also approved my line. And low and behold: yesterday morning (saturday) I got my modem, splitter etc…
So last night around 6pm I figured: what the heck, let’s put that thing together. So I managed to install the splitter (a bit of a hassle) before my ISDN line (I have ISDN) and when I was ready doing that, I figured: let’s see if the modem works. When I proceeded to connect my modem, it worked fine. But also I noticed that suddenly the light next to the ADSL label was burning… Well, supposedly I should have to wait for my phone company to actually activate my ADSL. But as it seemed it was already activated! And when I connected the modem to my router, I did get an IP address! Wowie!
So now I have superfast Internet!!
Like I said: it’s like an early Xmas this weekend!