Also reading your post I can't help but think you're being payed to say that. I'm not saying you're some secret advertiser or something, I'm just saying you SHOULD be one ;-)
Jeremy Portzer wrote:
On Tue, 2004-05-18 at 15:32, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
I'm still feeling the service out, but so far I love it...The reason I
stayed with DSL was the dedicated bandwidth (I'll sacrifice speed for
consistancy).
The idea that DSL has "dedicated" bandwidth is one of the biggest myths
of broadband Internet. Sure, the bandwidth is "dedicated" from the CO
(Central Office) or DSLAM (DSL access module) for the "last mile" to
your home or business. But it's not dedicated from there upstream! You're still sharing bandwidth with your neighbors, and anyone else at
at your ISP, where the ISP connects to the Internet backbone! Plus,
your DSL modem has significant bandwidth caps that negate how much of
the backbone you can use anyway.
A cable modem connection shares the cable with your immediate neighbors;
usually a very small number like 10-15 (maybe slightly more in
apartments). But this doesn't matter, because the capacity of the cable
modems is high (55 Mbit or something). Your individual modem is limited
to a much smaller value (with TWC it's usually 3 Mbit down/384Kbit up). So you're never going to be in contention with your neighbors anyway!
The fact is, cable modems offer much more bandwidth for the money (standard DSL in this area is often 1.5 down/128kbit up -- Cable is twice the download and three times the upload speed). Cable is usually slightly less absolute cost than DSL ($41.95/mo. for Earthlink vs. 49.95 for full DSL service). Sure, both cable and DSL can become congested during peak periods when the Internet *backbone* -- the ISP's upstream connection -- becomes clogged. But you should NEVER have any problem due to congestion in the "last mile" section, even though this is technically "shared" in cable access. The shared access segment is simply not a factor in your connection's speed or utility!
I'm not quite sure if this is a by product of the
upgrade, but it seems that when I ssh home (and only ssh) that my
keystrokes are heavily delayed? but I might just need to restart ssh
(been up for over 100 days?)
No, the ssh daemon's uptime has no relation to anything. If your keystrokes are being delayed (known as high latency), that could mean that you are downloading or uploading something in the background that you aren't aware of (check for trojans, rootkits, etc). It may also be a misconfiguration with the telco or ISP's equipment.
As far as the process all I really did was go online and change my service...two days later I lost internet in the middle of the night...I restart and I now have a free static IP and consistantly download at 300K and upload at about 45K so the speed is about on par with what I'd expect. Losing mail wasn't the biggest pain in the ass, although I'm sure the list got more then it's fair share of bounces from me (sorry!). So so far, I'd say go for it...I didn't have to re-commit for any time, no cost to upgrade and I'm only paying $47 and change after taxes, up from $45. For twice the speed and a static IP, I'll gladly pay $2.00
This does sound like a good deal, and I don't have a problem with your choosing it based on speed, static IP, etc. But please don't believe that somehow your "dedicated" connection is any better because of that.
--Jeremy
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