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Things have been quiet here

Things have been quiet here for a few days: I’ve moved to NYC and started a new job. Things will probably stay quiet a little bit longer while I get settled.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, October 23rd, 2002 at 8:53 am and is filed under General. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

8 Responses to “Things have been quiet here”

  1. vanderwal Says:
    October 23rd, 2002 at 8:35 pm

    Congratulations on the move and job. I understand the getting resettled element of moving.

  2. Anonymous Says:
    October 25th, 2002 at 10:53 am

    Thanks :) I will probably get internet access at my new home in a week or so… any recommendations for high speed cable in NJ (USA)?

  3. PeterV Says:
    October 25th, 2002 at 10:54 am

    Thanks :) I will probably get internet access at my new home in a week or so… any recommendations for high speed cable in NJ (USA)?

  4. Chris Says:
    October 25th, 2002 at 11:05 am

    Cox has a good deal… Providing you purchase their basic cable package. I think it works out to about 40 bucks a month.

    Running through the fine print on the promo spiel they sent me says they limit bandwidth to 7gb a month per connection.

    Nice.

  5. Anonymous Says:
    October 25th, 2002 at 11:21 am

    i need to access my *own* POP3 email server (not theirs) and I heard that can be a problem - any tips?

  6. Chris Says:
    October 29th, 2002 at 6:31 am

    Well… Down here in Florida they don’t even provide an email service, just the bare-bones connection, which i have no problem with.

    There’s a bunch of convoluted solutions to this, such as running your own SMTP/POP server on your local machine, which is always a fun experience.

    Of course, if it’s just a pop shell you need, there are plenty of hosts out there that charge very little for mail services.

  7. Victor Says:
    November 4th, 2002 at 5:21 pm

    For cable, you’re stuck with the monopoly provider in NJ. The company I had when I was there went out of business, so I can’t recommend them.

    You might have a choice when it comes to DSL, but you might be limited to Verizon.

    I’ve had both now, and think the ease of configuration is the big difference. Ask if they require you to install additional software to use the service…that’s what I have to do now to use my DSL.

    I always accessed my own email - both POP and IMAP without a problem. I never used their email or hosting.

  8. PeterV Says:
    November 5th, 2002 at 9:37 am

    Thanks Victor. I am getting cable (today!) My online life will return! (not sure about offline life :)

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