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Article #491Re: @home avg download speeds
From: William Oertell
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 01:28
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 01:28
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> For the vast majority of cable modem systems, your "network > neighborhood" is NOT a LAN in any meaningful way, other than > physically sharing a wire. Broadcast packets, etc. do NOT go > to other cable modems in the area. An analogy to a VPN between > you and the head-end box is a lot closer than the LAN model. > Thanks for the enlightenment. I stand corrected. Bill
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