On Tue, Oct 05, 1999 at 11:47:38AM -0400, Jeff Largent wrote:
[ commenting at my 'no wonder that people are not allowed to run their
own web-servers at shared small-bandwidth uplink' - say 1000 users
share that uplink, and *one* runs a popular server of (whatever)
popular content - that *one* machine eats up all bandwidth there is. ]
> If I can't run services why would I want to sign up. DSL is available
> in most areas where cable modems are, they offer dedicated line that is
> just as fast and is not shared and at near the same cost.
> At least here cable- $95.00 install $45.00/mo dsl- $100.00 install
> $50.00/mo and no restrictions on what I do with my bandwidth.
Quite so. Most people don't want to run their own web-servers,
they just want to surf. Cable is fine shared medium for for such
unidirectional usage mode, but absolutely apalling for servers
at user premisses.
Me, personally, definitely would want to use ADSL, even though
I *don't* want to have public servers at my home, but that is
another story. (It is about running ATM cells over that copper
modulation, and doing weird things over ATM with Linux...)
> --
> Jeff Largent ImageLinks, Inc.
> System Admin Melbourne, Fl 32935
/Matti Aarnio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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