----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Robinson"
Subject: Re: High Speed Internet Access
On Apr 19, 2006, at 17:27, Paul Stenquist wrote:
I pay about $60 for comcast cable modem service and basic tv cable. But
it's faster than DSL. A lot faster than the DSL I can get here.
True dat. But cable does have a few downsides for me: 1. No fixed IP
address 2. Serious restrictions on running servers 3. VERY slow upload
speeds. But if all you're gonna do is download, download, download, then
cable is hard to beat.
My cable connection is a fixed IP, and advertises 5Mbps download and 1 Mbps
upload.
I don't think it actually hits that very often. Uploads are noticably slower
than downloads, but are done fast enough.
I'm surprised that you don't get a fixed IP with cable down there, it was
touted as one of the advantages over dial up when it came on the market
here.
William Robb
