One way cable modems

[Derek Martin]

On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Jerry Feldman {75562} wrote:

> I agree here. But the demand for high speed service at a low cost is very
> high. I do know that Mediaone has done some one way service here in Mass,
> but I don't know the circumstances. IMHO. One way cable modem service is
> better than 2 way dialup service. It is also a way for the cable operator to

It depends a great deal on what you want it for.  For example, if you want
to play online games with it (like quake), several people I know have
reported that it is actually WORSE than the 56k modem they were using
before.

If you want to run a web server or something, 28k outgoing just ain't
enough bandwidth, unless you are only serving to your friends and
relatives, and they are very patient people.

And yes, I know that doing this is a violation of M1's contract, but that
doesn't mean there aren't lots of people doing it.  They approach it with
a "don't-ask-don't-tell" mentality, so long as you are not a bandwidth
pig.


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Derek D. Martin   |  UNIX System Administrator
derek at netria.com  |  dmartin at lancity.com

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