t1 versus cabel/modem

[monte single]

Thanks for the details, i'll stick with the cable.

Bear in SFO wrote:

> If my memory serves me, cable actually runs at T3 speed but you will have
> to share with your neighbors...  So for a while if all the people in your
> apartment building use their cable at the same time you get zip, but if
> nobody use it you get the whole T3...  the cable people get smart and put a
> filter on it so you can never get any faster than maybe 2Mbit/s...
>
> ADSL on the other hand is 1.5Mbit/s and you don't share the line with
> anyone else but you depends on your ISP - if their servers goes down you're
> SOOL until they can fix it...
>
> T1 is guaranteed because it puts you right onto the internet, and you are
> on your own once you are on it...
>
> Does this help?
>
> --David
>
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