 KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
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Tulsa, OK
 ·AT&T DSL Service
| reply to codee
Re: Thanks Comcast! I don't know how old that is, or how many homes are on a Node.
Perhaps a Comcast employee would care to comment?
Irregardless, however, whether it's 500 or 25, the point still stands.
They are all on one shared coax back to the node. If your neighbors are "hogging" the connection, it can get overloaded and slowed down.
Look this isn't a DSL vs Cable: Which is better bashfest. This is merely a description of the topographical differences of the systems, and lends itself to why there are or aren't caps and why they'd be necessary.
Peace.
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