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In <3a8e05ac.30306009@news1.news.adelphia.net>, bubba@bubbanet.com
wrote:

>On Fri, 16 Feb 2001 17:26:16 GMT, John Navas
><spamfilter@navasgrp.dublin.ca.us> wrote:

>>The Cacheflow may be (probably is) on the DS3, but as a DSL subscriber
>>you are not -- you're on a DSL connection limited to much lower speeds.
>>That your DSL connection transits the same DS3 doesn't change the fact
>>that you are on a much thinner pipe (your DSL connection).
>
>I'm on a  cable modem, not DSL.  I've found that without the proxy, my
>modem cap is more limiting than anything else.  For sure, I've tested
>it both ways and the proxy isn't any faster than a direct Internet
>connection.  If it was, I'd opt in (of course now they force everyone
>onto it...wanna see yesterdays weather models?).  I know it sounds
>unlikely, but my ISP stretches the bounds of the willing suspension of
>disbelief.

You're missing my point -- the Cacheflow reaches the Internet over a fat
pipe that is probably an order of magnitude faster than your cable
connection.  That gives it a big advantage when pulling content.  

Your own speed is of course the same to the Cacheflow as to most places
on the Internet (i.e., limited by your cable connection).  The advantage
of the Cacheflow is in latency and in avoidance of other bottlenecks (on
the Internet or remote server).  The Cacheflow will generally be faster
even when content is not in cache.

>>p.s.  I personally would avoid any ISP so clueless as not to have
>>redundant/backup transit.
>
>This is a classic case of a working, if not technical monopoly.  I'm
>almost 3 miles form the nearest switch so DSL is out of the question.
>My only other option is dial up (can only connect @28.8..."alls we
>havta do is provide voice quality lines" is what the telco says) and
>that's worse, IMHO.

Other possibilities include ISDN, IDSL, terrestrial wireless, and/or
satellite.

-- 
Best regards,
John Navas     <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/>
     CABLE MODEM/DSL GUIDE:  <http://Cable-DSL.home.att.net/>