At 09:50 AM -0500 03/17/2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >I know one day DSL will be as affordable and widely used as cellular
hum. I doubt it. Unless the Bells wake up suddenly, IMO, DSL is in trouble. Cable companies are starting to field DOCSIS 2 and fiber-to-the-home. Then there's the long-reach 802.11a and .11g networks that many small ISPs are building... The Bells have screwed us out of enough money. Their time has passed. We're moving on up. >Why? Getting the DSL to work on my Pmacs was pretty easy, and I was about to >go spend $$ on a router and stuff, but then I realized that while the gain in >speed was great, it still was NOT JUSTIFIABLE for the money (even with the >added movie channels!). > >I think of the analogy of putting a powerful fuel pump and a 100-gallon >gas-tank on a Yugo... U may have the ability to deliver more gas to the >engine & deliver it faster, but the fuel-injection can only take so much at a >time... > >...and while my webpage graphics were coming up faster, it was like this: >BEFORE DSL, every 8 seconds FIVE nudie pics were loading up; WITH DSL, it was >15-18 pics, but STILL THAT EIGHT SECONDS of wait-time was present! There may have been something else not quite right. Browsing occurs in steps: 1) Domain name to ip address translation. 2) Element fetching (html, graphics, etc). 3) Rendering and display. Blowing your DNS set-up can cause step 1 to take seven of those eight seconds, instead of 200ms. The faster pipe speeds up step 2. Faster processors, more memory, and better browsers speed up step 3. AND if your browser overlaps steps 2 and 3, you should start seeing things displayed after about 1/2 sec. The diff that the bigger pipe can make is quite noticable over V.90, even on an old PowerMac 7100/66. But there is also a human factors (performance) issue: how *you* multitask. Do you live in (sit and stare at) only one application at a time, leaving 99% of your bandwidth idle? Or do you use your computer's multitasking capabilities and internet connection to its full extent, by running a lot of applications, all doing things simultaneously? An example: On my PowerMac 7200/180, I simultaneously run Eudora, Ircle, AIM, Thoth, and two browsers (usually iCab and Netscape). Each browser often has multiple windows open. These run at full speed, even while my housemates are surfing. - Dan. -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
