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In article <61309690707BD472.BDAECBEDB3DC8030.44F2AAE768CC4C41@library-
proxy.airnews.net>, loge@hades.org says...
> On Tue, 29 Dec 1998 12:48:19 -0600, Mike Miller <mdm@dtx.net> wrote:
> 
> >Go to the cable company and ask them to GUARANTEE IN WRITING
> >the speed they quoted you on.  When you are done do the same to an
> >ASDL provider.  You will find much enlightenment there.
> >
> >Cable modems are much like LBJ.  The posted speed limit (well for much of it)
> >is 60.  But I doubt you can go that fast at 7 AM.  Cable modems are the
> >same.  They told you the maximum speed that cable can carry.  They
> >forgot to tell you you share that with everyone and his brother.   But please,
> >don't take my word for it.  There are many places on the Internet dealing
> >with cable companies overloaded systems and the "promised" speeds
> >disappearing.
> 
> Admittedly, cable averaged about 80-90K/s but it didn't cost
> $140/month for such speeds.
> 
> If you want to talk about @Home speeds within their intranet, they
> were crazy.  I could download MP3's from @Home's news server at
> 7-8Mbps.
> 
> I fail to see how GTE does any ADSL business at all in areas where
> cablemodems are in direct competition with them.
> 
 
I use my 768K ADSL Link to run a web server. You can't do that with
a cable modem. I fail to see why anyone would do ISDN instead of 
ADSL for a dedicated link. Also... I trust GTE 1000 times more to 
keep my ADSL link up than I do the cable company. GTE kept my 64K 
ISDN link up for 30+ days at a time. You ever go 30 days without 
a cable interruption? 

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