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> > multimedia and the like). Clearly, ISPs want to keep their
> > customers happy, as they know that they will otherwise switch
> > to another provider.
On 1 Apr 2002 at 15:43, Morlock Elloi wrote:
> Nonsense. Following this logic, broadcast/cable TV should be of
> high quality since they also want to keep their customers happy,
> and customers want quality, don't they ? Bullshit.
>
> > secure telephony. Most ADSL is 384/1024 these days, and cable
> > modem (6*10^3 customers in the U.S. alone) is roughly 500/500.
> > In selected
>
> Nonsense. Try actual tests on actual consumer grade lines.
>
> Access pattern of *DSL lines reverts to modem usage 30-45 days
> after consumer switches from analog modem to DSL. There is no
> bandwidth within ISPs to provide anything more to consumers but
> modem speeds, on average.
I have had my DSL line for a very long time. So I decided to do a
test. I downloaded a 4.25 megabyte file in 31 seconds, which
seems pretty close to 1024kb
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