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Posted by kony on October 29, 2005, 8:45 pm
Please log in for more thread options That's not comparing favorably to cable, cable can easily exceed 700K down on a basic lowest-cost plan. HOWEVER, DSL often has a higher upload cap which can be very important to some users (but is also more often limited in a tiered pricing plan for ADSL). Cable is never even close to as low as 20 or 30K, that is not a matter of load but would be a malfunction or an unscrupulous company overextending their network capabilities. In other words it is not at all likely to ever be that low. Not even likely to be 100K or less. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Bob on October 30, 2005, 11:57 am
Please log in for more thread options >>It all depends on where you live. DSL here (Qwest, not Verizon) gets 300 -
>>400K downloads from Symantec on a 5Mb connection ($79.95). 1 Meg is $21.95. >>Both are less than the full pipe, but compare favorably to cable. Cable is >>cheaper if you understand that "up to 5 Mbps" also means "down to 20 or >>30KB" (less than 256K) during peak times, and far slower upload speeds. >That's not comparing favorably to cable, cable can easily
>exceed 700K down on a basic lowest-cost plan. HOWEVER, DSL >often has a higher upload cap which can be very important to >some users (but is also more often limited in a tiered >pricing plan for ADSL). >Cable is never even close to as low as 20 or 30K, that is
>not a matter of load but would be a malfunction or an >unscrupulous company overextending their network >capabilities. In other words it is not at all likely to >ever be that low. Not even likely to be 100K or less. The reason for the poor readings is his test traverses the Internet, where slow speeds are typical. -- If you build a man a fire and he will be warm for a day. If you set a man on fire, he will be warm for the rest of his life. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by kony on October 30, 2005, 5:23 pm
Please log in for more thread options On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 11:57:34 GMT, spam@uce.gov (Bob) wrote:
>The reason for the poor readings is his test traverses the Internet,
>where slow speeds are typical. Maybe, or just the particular server connected to was the limit. I've never seen any cable internet connection that was working properly and was at 20-30K. The internet may be congested but generally not THAT congested. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Ken Maltby on October 31, 2005, 3:26 am
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> On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 11:57:34 GMT, spam@uce.gov (Bob) wrote:
I've never seen any cable internet connection that
> > was working properly .
I know mine seldom did. Luck; Ken | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Bob on October 31, 2005, 12:15 pm
Please log in for more thread options On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 03:26:19 -0600, "Ken Maltby"
>> I've never seen any cable internet connection that
>> was working properly . > I know mine seldom did.
I have had Warner Cable Road Runner for several years and it has been very reliable. But then I waited until they worked out the problems, which took several years. I suppose it all depends on where you are and what phase of the growth cycle you are in. While my service has been very reliable, there were others in Houston who were plagued with problems, especially people in high density area - apartments and such. Maybe I am getting reliable service because I live next to the county line and there are not many people living in the area. Also, the headquarters for Warner Cable is not far away so I have a direct path to the "heads". -- "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." -- George Bernard Shaw | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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>400K downloads from Symantec on a 5Mb connection ($79.95). 1 Meg is $21.95.
>Both are less than the full pipe, but compare favorably to cable. Cable is
>cheaper if you understand that "up to 5 Mbps" also means "down to 20 or
>30KB" (less than 256K) during peak times, and far slower upload speeds.
>
>...kurt