20 Jul
2001
20 Jul
'01
6:17 p.m.
On Thu, 19 Jul 2001 mjsnodgr(a)rockwellcollins.com
wrote:
When the source can do it, I get 168k bytes per second with Roadrunner
cable modem (thats about 1.5 Mbps).
The real catch with DSL is that garden variety the downlink speed is very
good, and uplink may be only 7k bytyes per second, which isn't shiningly
better than 56k modems.
I've had 256k DSL for about 9 months now
Is 256 kbps common for DSL or cable?
A network admin at the local cable company here (who handles my cable
modem service) told me that their infrastructure can do 10 Mbps to each
modem, but that the software in the modem was configured to limit that to
2 Mbps. I don't know if the software limit story is true, but I can vouch
for the 2 Mbps effective rate. I've had FTP transfers in excess of 200
KBps before.