You have to remember that with a cable modem, your neighbors will have an effect. Cable is more like a hub, DSL is more like a switch.
I'm on a cable modem & it seems my neighbors are light users. Also, the cable company redid the cable in my condo complex a few years ago when we had everything ripped up to put in the sewer. It was about the time Mediaone bought...ummm.. the Lowell cable company... cablevision? I can offer subjective data. I worked at Genuity until November. As an internet backbone provider (Nearnet was run by Genuity as GTE internetworking or as BBN once upon a time) we had 10Mb (yes, megabits on ethernet) to the internet. Probably one of the few places that would make a cable modem or DSL line seem slow. I did notice the difference when I was downloading a CD iso file, but for web surfing and downloading small files (10MB or less), it's almost a wash. Oh, since Genuity hosted some of the sites I went to (MSNBC, ZDnet), I was getting stuff across the LAN so there's some speed up there too. Mediaone connects to Genuity's net in NYC so there's a bit of a lag from the cable modem. This doesn't help you measure much, but maybe it provides a datapoint for some people. Jack Hodgson said: >Benjamin Scott wrote: >>You have to realize something about Internet feeds. The bandwidth of the >>"last hop" link is but one of many factors involved. > >Ben, > >Good explanation of the situation, and I agree with your warning that >we can really demand/expect very little (nothing?) from our >residential broadband providers. But that doesn't mean there isn't a >good reason to try and measure that service. > >One of the important factors in judging the acceptability of an ISP >is its "speed". It would be helpful in deciding the cost/benefit of >cable modem vs. DSL vs. satellite vs. whatever. > >So the (implied) original question: How DO we measure the "speed" of >our connectivity? > >-- Jack Hodgson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 603-433-7161 <www.jackhodgson.com> > >***************************************************************** >To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. >***************************************************************** > -- ------- Tom Buskey ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
