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A line is only capped to eliminate instability and avoid loss of sync and connection. If the line is incapable of supporting top speed due to distance or line quality issues, the cap, while reducing speed incrementally, will provide for a more stable connection. The only available levels are 1536kbps, 768kbps and 384kbps. To avoid any rumors regarding this being done by the corporation to save money, bandwidth, or deprive the customer of the speed they are paying for, the capping process has no impact on overall bandwidth at the local level so there is no corporate advantage in capping a customer...


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last modified: 2001-12-14 22:52:28