 maartenaElmoPremium
join:2002-05-10
Orange, CA
kudos:1 | reply to matrikz
Re: 7mbps won't be any different from 3mbps said by matrikz:i got news for you cable guys, the thing is that cable is a shared link... meaning that both your upload and download links are on a shared line with each other, dsl is not.. which means dsl has a lower latency and better pings for such things as games and downloads... This is bull. Your DSL is just as much a shared medium. It shares bandwidth with other users on the local DSLAM, and it shares bandwidth with others in the CO.
What many people get confused by, is that DSL has its own copper line into the DSLAM, which is true, whereas cable is a ring through your neighbourhood, which is also true. That does not mean however that one is better then the other when it comes to sharing of bandwidth.
On top of that, cable has improved a lot, and is using differnt frequency layers that aren't sharing with each other until they get to the local cable office.
On top of all of that, the entire internet is shared. Unless you have a BUSINESS T-1 line, your internet is going to be shared with other even before it reaches your providers backbone, DSL and Cable alike. Only a T-1 and other (pricy) forms of Business internet have a dedicated line all the way to the backbone.
Surprise: Even FIOS is shared.
BTW my local pings (pinging the county newspaper site) is 20ms to 30ms, and the cross-country ping (pinging stealth.net in New York) is around 80ms. No big deal 
No thanks. I will stick with my 10 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up cable.
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matrikz
join:2002-08-13
Pottsville, PA
2 edits | duh every ISP is shared in that sense, however cable has the download line and upload line shared... which for you n00bs out there means that when you are uploading something your download speeds will be cut in half or better... on dsl that NEVER happens as those links are not shared. not tha it is shared with your neighbor or anyone else on the same node. |
