Clint, All I was trying to state in my message was not what you have brought up, though totally valid - the issue was that Ann had been told a statement that just had no validity past the input of the broadband signal. Whether you had a XT system with Win3.1/Dos running on it or the latest P4 or faster with WinXP or latest version of Linux or similar, until you get the signal into the system, yes, the POTENTIAL speed of the signal coming in is the same. It is ONLY after you get inside the computer that the difference becomes obvious.
For someone to make a statement that it makes no difference what kind of computer you are using, that the processing of the broadband signal inside will be identical, is totally insane. Yes, you are absolutely totally correct, that since all NICs these days are 10/100, it gets to be effectively out of the picture for what almost all users deal with with signal speed.. Ralph [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > FYI, NIC speed does not come into play for home and business > PC users. Since they are all now 10/100mb /sec, even the 10mb > slow end is several times faster than any of us could achieve. > The fastest LAN ISP broadband connection I've ever seen is > only 6mb/sec. Most people's are roughly 3mb/sec and less. > The exception are those fortunate very few that are on Gb/sec > lines (1000mb) and need Gigabit+ NIC's. > -Clint > > Happy Holidays to all & God Bless > Clint Hamilton, Owner > Want to exchange links with us? > http://OrpheusComputing.com � ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
