[COMP] Re: broadband (was: Linux Howto's)

On Wed, 15 Mar 2000 22:52:44 -0500, the Da-Sein John Madden 
<weez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

|> How fast is ADSL ? ADSL is being launched in Sydney within the next 6
|> months, but not sure of its cost.
|
|There are a lot of different speeds.  Mine is 256/64, which is the

indeed... 

|crappiest you can get.  Most places will sell you either that, 384/384,
|728/128, or 728/728, but you can get (the technology allows) all the way

overhere its 256/64 and 1024/128 for the others

|up to somewhere around 8mbit, I think.  Cable maxes at like 27mbit, so

32mbit.
but like the 8mibt, those are theoretical figures (ie you live next to
the telephone central). The limit is about 5 kilometres for adsl, so you
might check that out too, Shaun. Longer distances are possible, but only
at lower speeds.

|DSL's definitely slower, but it's a dedicated link, so you're gauranteed
|a good connection.  

good connection until the adsl-center..

anyway, yes adsl is slower, but i think it's superior.

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