> Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 17:00:55 -0400 > From: "Tom Buskey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On 5/19/07, Thomas Charron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 5/19/07, Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > over-subscribing them). Overall, we consumers who have such > > > connections have really won out. 10 years ago that 256K connection > > > cost about $50/month. Today, we have 1Mbps+ connections at about > > > $50/month! > > > > And the people in the area of FiOS win the most. Several friends > > have it, and up to 30 Mbps is perty. :-) Business connections with 5 > > dedicated IPs even better. > > > > I've got 15 Mbps FiOS and I'm going to drop down to 5 Mbps. I mostly > download Linux & Solaris ISOs and software. Most sites can only provide 170 > k/s or so although the Ubuntu 7.04 torrent hit 1000 k/s or so and > Sun.comhit 1700 k/s. I don't think I'll notice a big difference > because at this > point, it's the other end. Are these figures kbps or KB/s? (I know, for crying outloud... the original post was a humor piece!) _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
