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Skriven 2007-02-05 13:16:18 av David B (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: 100Mbps internet
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From: "David B" <notme@notyoueither.com>

As well, what you can download is limited by how fast the target can upload- a
fast line means nothing if you are hitting a slow server.

How did you test to determine that you were only getting part of what you pay
for? I used to have Comcast when I was in Knoxville, and the service at a 3mb
download was slower than my 1mb DSL back in St. Louis.


"Geo." <georger@nls.net> wrote in message news:45c65ec6$1@w3.nls.net...
> As the bandwidth increases it matters less and less because you can't keep
> the pipe slammed. For example with 4.5mb I can download a 350mb TV show in
> about 12 minutes.
>
> It's like in the days of slow computers, we used to wait and wait so
> faster systems were a big improvement. But at some point we find that most
> of our cpu time now is spent doing nothing. Bandwidth works like that,
> after a certain point, it's just for faster more immediate response, not
> because you use it all the time.
>
> Geo.
>
> "Mike N." <mike@u-spam-u-die.net> wrote in message
> news:urmcs2lvl679kng9hdoqdr0b86ui0na14j@4ax.com...
>> On Sun, 4 Feb 2007 13:40:46 -0500, "Geo." <georger@nls.net> wrote:
>>
>>>Besides, I know what the limit is, they claim to have fiber to the dslam
>>>but
>>>in reality they are using a channelized ds3 with just 3 T1 lines
>>>available
>>>for data (which explains the 4.5mb limit btw) so they don't even have the
>>>capacity to support one 6mb line let alone a whole dslam full of users..
>>
>>  That makes me wonder what the overall feed size is necessary to serve
>> 1000 users with 100 Mbit service.  Or do they just pipe in a 1G line and
>> let everyone fight it out?
>

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