High Speed Internet Providers

Fri Jul 16 10:05:24 EDT 1999

I currently have 1.1Mbit SDSL (symmetric speeds) installed.  This is a
dedicated connection to my ISP's backbone which is currently 400Mbit, but could
 just as easily be OC192 depending on the provider.

The problem with cable is that you share the cable to the concentrator.  As
more folks subscribe in your neighborhood, and during peak times (esp. with
pay-per-view) the available bandwidth to you will drop.    My SDSL connection
is guaranteed to be 1.1Mbit at all times.  This comes in handy for me, as I am
migrating a business connection to it using VPN to our offices in Germany.  For
 just over $300/mo, I am replacing a $2400/mo 64k FR connection with 1.1Mbit. 
It's a nobrainer.

Just my $.02

Kelly Brown
US MIS Support Manager
TUV Product Service
978-739-7026
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From: Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>, on 7/16/99 10:02 AM:
To: Internet Gateway at SERVICES@NB2[<discuss at Blu.Org>]

As DSL starts to arrive in the area for personal subscribers, it would be
nice to have ongoing discussions about the different services. 
One of the marketing ploys used by DSL vendors is guaranteed bandwidth
where Cable Modem service is a shared bandwidth. I maintain that once it
gets to the ISP, it's all shared on the ISP's backbone. All the tests I
have run on my system to Mediaone, I have always been able to measure
about 1.5Mbps download from M1X sites, with about 250-300Kbps upload. My
wife recently was experiencing a problem uploading (eg. 50Kbps or less).
I rebooted her cable modem and we were able to get just under 300Kbps
uploading a jpeg to the web server. 

Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
http://www.blu.org

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