[pchelpers] Re: Cable modem
- From: Scott McNay <Wizard@xxxxxxxx>
- To: Robert McLellan <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 08:51:54 -0600
Hi Robert,
Saturday, January 24, 2004, 8:13:14 AM, you wrote:
RM> Hmmmm, must be a special part of the country to get that high. Usually,
RM> anything over 1 is so expensive it is only used by businesses. I don't
RM> think I have seen anything in cable for home use that goes anywhere near the
RM> 10 mbps. Do you have any sites or brochures that show that? Be interested
RM> in seeing them. Maybe we could get our locals to upgrade.
To clarify, the cable and DSL ISPs limit the data rates. So, if you
get business service, you'll probably get a faster rate than consumer
rate, but on the other hand, you generally pay for the exra speed.
I'm able to get up to 3Mbs at night, but during the day I'm down as
low as 256Kbs.
I have no idea what speed you could get from cable if you had no limit
and if you weren't sharing that particular channel with anyone else,
but I'd be interested in knowing. Ditto for DSL, although I think the
limit there is lower.
To check your current speed, try this:
http://webservices.cnet.com/Bandwidth/
I think there's a performance (overhead) difference on the computer
side also, but I'm not sure which is better; will have to try it
sometime to see.
--Scott.
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