When the cable modem connects to the provider it basically asks for a value for 
the max bandwidth to use.  The provider specifies the bandwidth to use based on 
the current demand.  There are programs that will basically fool the cable 
modem into thinking that it's talking to the provider when, in fact, it's 
talking to your program which then tells the modem to use a far higher 
bandwidth.

People have been fined and jailed over this stuff, btw.

--- On Friday, November 12, 2004 9:47 AM, Won Lee scribed: ---
>
> Howie Hamlin wrote:
>> All cable modems are capped (unless you illegally uncap them)
> 
> I didn't know that.  Capped how?  Number of kilobytes set or received
> with a period?
> 

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