On 9/11/03 9:40, Tyson Schmick wrote >Bill, > >Also be aware that with cable the more people in your neighborhood that are >online using the cable, the slower it will be. Cable connections are shared >for an area, they go from house to house to house then to server, whereas >DSL or dial-up have a straight connection from the house to the phone >company. Thus, on cable at peak hours if enough people are on, the speed >could be noticeably slower. >
Oh, I'm aware of this, but I would still be disappointed if the speeds were dropping so much. I'm just curious, because I could see that mlb.com's speeds could also be affected if they really got pounded by far more users than they expected. Bill | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be September 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
