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Article #488Re: @home avg download speeds
From: Will Kramer
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 21:48
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 21:48
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bingo... with DSL ping to my gateway was 25 to 30 ms and varied based on utilization of the shared ATM network that got me to that gateway (sometimes it spiked to 50ms) with cable its 13ms at all times. With Bell Atlantic DSL I got download as high as 508Kbps and as low as 270Kbs during peek times. With Cable it varies from 1.8M to 1.6M ...... Will "Kevin" <cable@modem.com> wrote: >enough of the shared bandwidth bullshit! > >check the ping times on DSL and Cable and you tell me which is faster?? > >For me it is cable > >"Hank Mishkoff" <Hank@AddisonWeb.com> wrote in message >news:0426843E64EE021B.8B9EAFA49A11AD1A.E86675C9889250A4@lp.airnews.net... >> > > Right, but they're implying that cable is *not* shared bandwidth, so >the ad is >> > > misleading, at best. >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > No they aren't. >> >> The commercial basically says something like: You shouldn't believe the >> "high-bandwidth" claims of the phone company because it's *shared* >bandwidth -- so >> you should use AT&T Cable for Net access instead. (Obviously, that's not a >direct >> quote.) Are you saying that you don't feel that that statement contains an >> implication that AT&T Cable is *not* shared bandwidth? >> >> >
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