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:In article <779obq$vhu$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,  <jlhughes@pobox.com> wrote:
:>I have 56k modem connection to the Internet that I pay for and ISDN, which my
:>employer pays for. General Web viewing is no better with the ISDN. The only
:>real value is when downloading software.
:>
:>What I'd like to experiment with is Diamond's Shotgun technology. They've
:>found a way to bind two 56k modems together. In theory, you get near-ISDN
:>speeds while only paying for two standard, flat-rate modem lines.  Anyone got
:>any experience with this?
:>
:>John
:>
:>http://come.to/digital_art_desktops

    If all you are doing is a little web browsing then the differences between
    ISDN and a 56K modem are not going to be as apparent.  But people who tend
    to want high speed links also tend to do just a tad more then simple
    web browsing.

    Once you get into higher-speed links, latency becomes as big an issue
    as bandwidth.  In that respect, ISDN, DSL, and cable will always beat
    out analog(ish) modems.  Linking 56K modems together might give you
    additional bandwidth for bulk downloads, but it isn't going to help the 
    latency at all and could, in fact, make it worse ( more retraining means
    less consistancy ).

    There are definite advantages to DSL or cable.  Game playing, being able
    to run your web site, domain, and mail system ( with DSL, anyway ),
    telecommuting ( working on remotely-located machines from home ), and so
    forth.  There are absolutely no restrictions on how I put my DSL line
    to use and that coupled with reasonable speed ( 384Kbps in my case ) and 
    low latency ( 20 ms std ping ) makes it worth a whole lot more to me then
    cable.

    Cable has a lot of bandwidth, but also has a lot of restrictions, and
    without any competition there is nothing to prevent TCI/@Home from 
    overloading the medium.  You'd still probably get good bulk bandwidth,
    but latency would suffer.  ISPs aggregate their DSL lines too, of course,
    but there is competition in the DSL market and that will produce a
    higher quality of service for the consumer.

						-Matt

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    Matthew Dillon  Engineering, HiWay Technologies, Inc. & BEST Internet
                    Communications
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