maartena
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 ·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to fiberguy
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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