Re: [gentoo-user] Switching default tmpfiles and faster internet coming my way.

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On 04/12/2020 01:40, Dale wrote:
> Also, our local power company is about to start rolling out internet
> service.  It's done with fiber and the slowest package, 200MBs/sec, is
> over 100 times faster than my current DSL.  It only costs $4.00 a month
> more than what I'm paying now.  Their fastest package is 1GBs/sec.
> Dang, I can't even imagine that sort of speed.  Another good thing, same
> speed BOTH ways.  I can upload videos just as fast as I can download
> one. Yeppie!!
> 
> My only thing now, I hope it works like DSL/cable/etc and just requires
> me to plug in a ethernet cable.  In other words, OS doesn't matter.  I
> suspect it does but we will see.

We went to fibre recently. They put a new box on the wall which takes an 
RJ-45 instead of the previous situation where ADSL took an RJ-11.

All the blurb says "works with BT Hub 6", which we already had, so I 
didn't bother getting a new router (you had to pay for the "latest and 
greatest" Hub 7).

When the guy installed it - "where's you new router, it won't work with 
this one". No apparently you can't just plug it into any old network 
port, the router needs a dedicated WAN link and the Hub 6 came in two 
versions, one with an ADSL modem and one with a fibre uplink.

So it sounds like you need to swap your ADSL router for a cable router 
or whatever it is, but apart from that you'll be fine.

(And then some sales guy working on behalf of BT knocked on the door, 
was surprised to find we were already BT customers, and rigged up some 
deal that (a) threw in a Hub-7 free, (b) changed our calling plan to 
remove the one-hour limit and add free calls to mobiles, and (c) knocked 
about £2 off our monthly bill!!!)

Cheers,
Wol