Thanks for all your comments. I have another quick question, though it is more a matter of taste than anything...
Since I am leaving my job at the University shortly, I want to get myself sorted with a new permanent email addy, and want to register a domain name. The one I wanted was to be ww.tyndale.net, or some other acceptable suffix. I like the name as it's firstly the name of the street where I live, I like the historical connection, and it's also a nice short word. dave@tyndale.net - sounds lovely, doesn't it?
Trouble is, the only suffixes free are .info or (ugh) .biz. The latter is deffo out, but I am totally undecided as to whether tyndale.info is any good or not. If I decide not, then it's straight back to the drawing board...
Does anyone have opinions on this? I could do with some ideas....
Dave
On Dec 8 2003, Graham Trott wrote:
On Monday 08 December 2003 10:21, Rob Kendrick wrote:
Thanks. Had a quick search on Dabs, just to get a gauge on prices, and the US Robotics one is £75 - rather more than I thought I would have to spend. Are the £35 odd quid ones not worth bothering with?
Not IME. The USR ones will give you better performance, and will last you forever. Also, I've had bad experiences with cheap external modems
- some of them really are Windows-only. Boggle. So be careful what you
buy if you're going for a cheap one.
Yes. Most USB ones are basically external WinModems (I didn't know that till recently).
Though I agree external is better - nice flashing lights to look at, too
- if your WinModem is Intel or Conexant you shouldn't have too much
trouble. The latter have drivers at http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/ and I was able to get an Intel WinModem to work pretty easily using downloaded drivers. BT is unpredictable in its provision of broadband so if there's the remotest chance of getting it soon you might be better getting the internal to work.