Re: cable guy "vapor"-izes DSL 3X cable TV troll!

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From: John Navas
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 02:24

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In <3A774963.7E8BDD8F@ufl.edu>, "Randy S." <rswitt@ufl.edu> wrote:

>> On DSL, that affects *only* the
>> subscriber's own downlink; on cable, that affects *all* subscribers on
>> the shared segment.  It's the big dark secret that cable MSO's don't
>> want to talk about, and the probable reason that servers are typically
>> prohibited on cable, even with an uplink cap, but not on DSL.
>
>Damn, that's a good point!  Is there software that can measure the ENTIRE traffic rate
>(not a sniffer mind you, but something that can return just the percent capacity used) on
>the cable segment you are attached to?  I'd imagine that the cable companies would try
>very hard to prevent such software from working, but it would be IMMENSELY helpful to know
>exactly how much of the capacity of your cable data line is being used at any one time.

AFAIK, only the CMTS (headend) knows/has access to that -- your modem
only works on specific channels as designated by the CMTS.

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

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