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Re: Yeah I pay $100 for SBC 6mbs unlikely, Cable still has the market on their side. Beside Cable currently can provide 10Mb throughput while ADSL can only do 8.
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 jhboricuaExMod 2000-01
join:2000-06-06
Minneapolis, MN | Yeah, but what good is it when they have their phantom 'caps' going on? |
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 ronpinImagine Reality
join:2002-12-06
Nirvana | reply to DSLarggggg
OK ... add-in a SBC 3/.384 mbs tier for $45 ... now what does cable have that SBC doesn't? (cable's max speed notwithstanding) |
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 insomniacOh YeahPremium
join:2002-09-22
Naperville, IL | A bridged connection instead of PPPoE. It's unlikely I'll ever get SBC service as long as they're using PPPoE.
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| said by insomniac:
A bridged connection instead of PPPoE. It's unlikely I'll ever get SBC service as long as they're using PPPoE.
I hate to bust your bubble but there isn't really
any performance difference between PPPoE and DHCP.
I was originally on DHCP at my first location and
when it switched to PPPoE, my speed actually increased
by 11% to my surprise.
Likewise, at my current location, I run nearly at
the full 6 Mbps in normal use and actually surpass it
when downloading large files.
There also has been no significant change in the
length of IP retention either. The average time
to keep the same IP was about the same. It's not
uncommon to keep the same IP for weeks and sometimes
even months on PPPoE. |
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2 edits | reply to DSLarggggg
said by DSLarggggg:
unlikely, Cable still has the market on their side. Beside Cable currently can provide 10Mb throughput while ADSL can only do 8.
On the contrary ...
While Cable can theoretically provide 10 Mb, I have never
seen any cable provider actually operating at that rate.
The typical range for cable is between 1MB and 4MB.
To come to think of it, I don't even know any cable
providers right now that even go up to 5 Mbps,
much less 10 Mbps.
Meanwhile, DSL already has 6 Mbps publicly available
and on the market right now. Just a side note that
you might not be aware, DSL is also capable of much
more as well.
Just for your information, I was part of a testing project
four years ago involving DSL transmission in excess of
25 Mbps over 30 year old standard copper pairs. The test
was very successful and I imagine it's only a matter of
time before you begin seeing some of that new DSL transmission
technology emerging on the public market. Being that
was standard copper, just imagine what fiber could do. |
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| Optium Online (OOL) offers 10Mb service here in the New York tri-state area. |
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 Bumpin1ohmBumpin1ohmPremium
join:2002-07-15
Aurora, CO | reply to Cybertoad
OOL
before you get capped for excessive use anyway |
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 mrchrisOut and aroundPremium
join:2002-10-01
North Babylon, NY
1 edit | said by Bumpin1ohm:
OOL
before you get capped for excessive upload use anyway
Corrected, and that's if you use it way too much.
Download, they don't give a rat's ass how much you download. |
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| reply to Bumpin1ohm
you only get capped for excessvie use for uploading too much not downloading. I usally download @ 67 GB's per month and never have had any problems. But even with OOL upload capped it's still better than most DSL companies provide for uploads. |
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Bumpin1ohmBumpin1ohmPremium
join:2002-07-15
Aurora, CO | 67 gigs isnt jack
i have 1.5 and do over 160gb a month |
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ackman
join:2000-10-04
Acworth, GA | reply to DSLarggggg
Maybe cable can provide up to 10Mb capacity, but that doesn't mean the sites you're connecting to will support that much speed, which are still subject to traffic volume. |
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| reply to jhboricua
Try getting 10 meg ....as a matter of fact try getting 3 meg throughput at 9- 10 pm on any Cable service anywhere...Good luck. There are no phantom caps on any service ....but there can be big mistakes. You have to complain to have them check it out and fix it. When you do you speed checks don't do them from accross the country at least try them in your state. There are no providers that can gurantee the same speed across the US.
Anyway after getting it fixed it's zooooooom city. I don't have it but I know folks who do. Eye popping speed. |
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| The person is not talking about speed caps. Their talking about download caps.. |
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