Thanks Ed, that helps in me understanding why Ethernet is better. Cy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed" <edwest@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 1:48 AM Subject: [pchelpers] Re: Cable modem > USB has a data rate of 12 Mbps per second. Of that bandwidth only up to 6 > Mbps can be used by one USB device. Ethernet connects directly to the > computer's bus. > Depending on your Ethernet card it accepts 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps. I'd go > w/Ethernet myself. > Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.