remembering that the 'normal' phone line was up to 56Kb and the better webcams (e.g. see Philips SPC 900NC Pixel Plus 1.3 MP Webcam@ £50) run at 250K pixels, 24 bit colour, 90 fps that's 500Mbit /sec which is way past the max speed proposed and - using a poorer cameras at 300x200 16 bit colour @ 15 fps is still 15Mb/sec So - if you are into videoconferencing, or videocalls/instant messaging, then you may be able to use that sort upload, but for how long in each day and @ what cost ..
JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Baker Randal PSNS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 3:14 PM Subject: Re: Cable Speeds > Tim, > > Thanks for the answer. I was aware that the cable co. controls my modem and > that higher speeds are available. My question was really related to the > reasoning behind providing the higher speeds to users (at no additional > cost). I haven't paid too much attention to the market for internet access > these days and was wondering about the reasoning. I was suspecting pressure > from other providers but not sure. > > As to the upload speed, I haven't had problems with the 768 except > occasional cutout since I've switched over to Vonage for my phone. Do you > (or anyone else) think moving to the 1.5 makes sense if running voIP? > > R.Baker > > -----Original Message----- > From: Slattery, Tim - BLS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 7:04 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Cable Speeds > > Your cable modem is an intelligent beast, and it's controlled by the > cable company. Their network runs at *much* higher speeds than your > modem allows you to use. They tell it how many bits-per-second to allow > for your uploads and downloads. This allows them to control the load on > their network. > > Are you having problems uploading data? Do you frequently have to wait > for huge uploads to complete? > > Few home users upload much at all. POST and GET commands to web sites, > short commands to POP3 and SMTP servers, maybe commands to USENET > servers. If you're not spending time waiting for uploads to complete, > then don't spend the extra money. > > > -- > Tim Slattery > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > ---------------------------------------- > WIN-HOME Archives: http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html > Contact the List Owner about anything: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page > http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html > > -- ---------------------------------------- WIN-HOME Archives: http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html Contact the List Owner about anything: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html
