Anon | reply to AHBAC
Re: Cable winning the speed race
Hearing that DSL was more consistent in speed was a good reason why i tried it.. First i tried earthlink dsl which was terrible since i discovered a protocol called PPPoE and sadly is becomming the unofficial standard. Switched to GTE which is a lot better but now in two weeks i'm switching to @Home Comcast for it's awesome d/l speed.. Although i won't be killing as many people in Half-Life i'll have a faster time doing my job.
I'd rather share a cable then be under that evil PPPoE protocol. |
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djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
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| reply to twodaend
We've been hearing these apocalyptic threats of shared bandwidth for years now. Truth is, when subscribership increases, all the cable company has to do is split the node to keep performance high. A good company can keep their network humming if they so choose.
And it's really a silly argument. If the speed is faster, go with it. If it ever does become slow, switch. Pretty simple stuff, really. But I think it's pretty telling that most cable providers don't try and force their customers into a years contract, seems they're not too worried about service deterioration.
-- Rob |
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twodaend
The Eye Of The Tiger
join:2000-08-05
Alsip, IL
|  reply to AHBAC
Cable may have the upper hand right now, but in the future DSL will overtake cable. Right now, DSL is not as widely available as cable, thus people choosing to get faster internet access only have the choice of cable. Once all of these people start signing on and start sharing the bandwidth, cable will start loosing its edge over DSL. |
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AHBAC
join:2000-06-12
USA |  SHHHhhhhhhhhhhhh Don't tell everybody! They'll all leave DSL and muck up cable! Seriously, after my personal DSL phiasco with 2 providers, I'm looking at cable. |
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