Re: Cable Modems (was Re: Telewest Communications FIASCO)

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From: Robin Fairbairns
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 00:00

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In article <5ejpcc$d60@orac.mon.rnb.com>,
Hugh Davies <hdavies@kzin.mon.rnb.com> wrote:
>In article <330d9bcc.89825113@news.demon.co.uk>,
>Peter@adelheid.demon.co.uk (Peter G. Strangman) writes:
>>Typical download speeds, using a WWW browser, are in
>>the hundreds of bytes per second and, more often than
>>not, in the low hundreds. 8-(
>
>Whilst I agree that you're correct about domestic users, I suggest that
>your office link is a tad, er, broken. I get downloads from uunet at
>around 15Kb/second....

Good for you.

 We, however, are on the other side of the Atlantic.  All .ac.uk
traffic to American sites goes over transatlantic pipes which are paid
for out of the budget for higher education; believe me, it's a hell of
a lot better than it used to be ... at least you can ordinarily expect
a download to complete during the daytime nowadays.
--
Robin (Campaign for Real Radio 3) Fairbairns     rf@cl.cam.ac.uk
U of Cambridge Computer Lab, Pembroke St, Cambridge  CB2 3QG, UK
Home page: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/rf/robin.html

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From: rf@cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns)
Subject: Re: Cable Modems (was Re: Telewest Communications FIASCO)
Date: 1997/02/21
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