Re: Recommended ISP's
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On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 11:14:23AM -0500, Brett Carrington wrote:
> I wouldn't recommend cable for the pure fact that you are sharing the
> cable line with everyone on your block. Kiddie MP3 trader guys will sap
> your bandwidth but malicious hacker #434 can sniff anything on that
> line.
You're sharing bandwidth, as in, the same spectrum on the cable line.
If you sit on your cable modem with a packet sniffer, you'll see
broadcasts for the IP subnet you're on and packets destined for you
only. Watch the light on the modem flicker, and it doesn't coincide
with anything else. Meanwhile, DSL, you're just fighting for
bandwidth with all the other DSL users that's left over after all the
customers with gauranteed bandwidth (t1, t3, etc) have had their fill.
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.''`. Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>
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