[KLUG Members] [Fwd: Is cable Internet really worth the money? WRIPOFKQ0LKO]

[Adam Williams]

>>Although cable is somewhat faster then dialup, I have a T1 line that is
>>128kbps, most dial up connection speeds depend on how many people are on
>I thought a T1 was 1.5mb/sec. 128kbps sounds more like an ISDN. 

FracT,  I've got 11 256Kbps T1s.  Telco frequently installs full T1's
but your can buy a lower speed and they choke the connection, only bond
so many channels, etc... Then when/if your willing to pay for more you
just pick up the phone - no hardware changes.

At least I assume that is what he means.

Not certain what
>most dial up connection speeds depend on how many people are on
refers to however.  Dial up is choked by the FCC long before any
contention based problems at the POP will become evident, at least with
a decent ISP.  Possibly he means cable modems and the shared segment
thing.  Same is true for DSL really, as the ATM legs are aggregated at
the DSLAM, and the bandwidth out of there is never 1:1.  But an over
subscribed edge device is "easy" to fix - whereas a modem is just a
hopeless chunk of technology.