On May 3, 2005 04:22 pm, Kevin Anderson wrote: > You can't get Xtreme with the old system, but the new system won't hit the > top speeds that I regularly get on large downloads. > > I see it like this. If we say that the docsis is 100% when coupled with > the xtreme service, and 0% without, I'd put the old modem at something > higher than 0%. That means that unless I'm paying for the xtreme service, > I'm better off with the old modem. Maybe I'm 50% maybe i'm getting 120% > maybe it's only 3%. I can't compare because I didn't go with xtreme. > Regardless, the cost is the same for the new and the old modem without > xtreme, and in that situation, the old modem is faster. So I'm sticking > with the old modem. I went with the business class cable modem because I > needed the static IP. I pay more for that, so I'm certainly not going to > up the bill even further so I can have xtreme when switching modems meets > my needs. That $120/yr is better spent on flowers/manicures/etc for my > wife...
Ha! I better delete this message....might give someone ideas :) At any rate, I was told by a Shaw tech the old modems are indeed better for the regular service [which, BTW is being put up to 5Mb/sec, Xtreme-I is going up to 7]. The new modems supposedly have lower latency. Its as much of a "what I need" issue as picking a distro... Nick _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
