Thanks everyone, I guess I'm just pissed beacuse my friend in Boston have better net connection then me :)
+---------- Thus spoke Thom Stark on Wed, Jun 19, 2002 >Azeem Jiva asked: > >> Can anyone explain to me why they would cap upstream at 128k? I'm trying >> to think of a logical reason for this, and I come up short. Anyone have >> any insights? > >To inhibit piracy of video, audio and software files, to prevent bandwidth >hogs such as streaming media (i.e. -- Webcam) providers from paying for a >home connection, then using it to run a business and, in general, to keep a >handful of subscribers from reducing the bandwidth available to an entire >cable segment. > >Oh, wait..that's three reasons.. > >..sorry. I never do know when to stop.. > >Regards, > >Thom Stark > >Telephone: 209-966-2700 >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.starkrealities.com >Postal address: POB 5008 PMB 199, Mariposa, CA 95338-5008 >Ship-to address: 5008-A Highway 140, Box 199, Mariposa, CA 95338-9208 >PGP public key: http://www.starkrealities.com/thomskey.txt >-- >general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> >[un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- Azeem Jiva [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.csc.calpoly.edu/~ajiva I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. -- Dune -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
