maartena
Super Grover
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join:2002-05-10
Orange, CA
 ·RoadRunner Cable
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Re: I wish...
said by fiberguy  : it IS a shared medium Most people don't even realize that DSL is just as much shared.
The difference between DSL and Cable is however, that DSL is shared in the local CO, which could easily handle 15,000 or more phone connections and perhaps as many as 5,000 DSL connections, whereas the bandwidth going in and out the CO is less then those 5,000 connections.
Cable is shared over a local node, which may have 80-100 cable internet subscribers connected to it, where the node connects to about 300 houses or so.
Yes the numbers are different for each node, there are small CO's with only 1,000 phone and maybe 250 DSL subscribers, there are also smaller cable nodes, 10 internet 50 cableTV or something like that.
Point is, pretty much anything that isn't a T-1 line or other form of dedicated service, is shared somewhere. EVEN Business DSL and Business Cable. And yes, FIOS is also sharing bandwidth.
That being said, my RoadRunner cable is pretty much stable and speedy 24/7, give or take some planned maintenance.
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gatorkram
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Winterville, NC
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said by fiberguy :Well.. as we say in the real world, "pics, or it didn't happen" will hold about as much water as a bucket full of bullet holes.  I know things seem pretty simple in a fantasy world.. in fact, I can tell you about people who've lost their jobs, homes, spouses, etc. while playing WOW. But, since there's no pics, "it didn't happen".. Maybe you missed my point here, but Cabal said to check the forums here, for proof of issues. I am simply asking for links to these topics, because in my quick glance over there, I was unable to find any such topics.
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fiberguy
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join:2005-05-20
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Well.. as we say in the real world, "pics, or it didn't happen" will hold about as much water as a bucket full of bullet holes.
I know things seem pretty simple in a fantasy world.. in fact, I can tell you about people who've lost their jobs, homes, spouses, etc. while playing WOW. But, since there's no pics, "it didn't happen"..
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Captain Kirk
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gatorkram
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Winterville, NC
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As we say in World Of Warcraft, pics, or it didn't happen. In this case, give me some links to these topics, or it didn't happen. Pretty simple. |
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danclan
join:2005-11-01
Midlothian, VA
 ·Verizon FIOS
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Its not "starting to" either. There was an instance of a bad router/route in the Northeast and thats been resolved. There is no discussion of any bandwidth crunch anywhere and verizon has just demonstrated that upgrading the back bone links from 40 to 100gbps is relatively easy.
so no even with all their new up stream plans i don't foresee any issues with bandwidth anytime soon on verizon. Now the servers fios customers may hit may take a beating but thats an entirely different issue.... |
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fiberguy
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join:2005-05-20
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Let's see.. he said "starting to".. it IS a shared medium, and just because you're not slowing down in your area is no different that the argument with Cable where people say cable has slow-downs and someone spouts up to confirm that theirs doesn't.
By the way.. My Comcast cable 8/768 has NEVER skipped a beat. Other subscriber's who's service does would disagree with me.
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