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[Aaron Fischer]

Hmm.. is there anything to the "DSL is dedicated, Cable is shared" 
thing then?  I took a networking class a couple years ago and they made 
a point of covering this in the DSL/Cable comparison.  I've been 
disseminating this little tidbit of info ever since.

 From my experience I haven't noticed big slowdowns in service on DSL.  
Stays pretty consistent all the time.  A friend of mine has cablemodem 
and he notices big slowdowns around 6-8 p.m. when big populations are 
arriving home, checking email, hopping on the web, etc.  On the flip 
side, when it's fast, it's definitely a lot faster than my DSL.

-Aaron


On Apr 23, 2004, at 3:00 PM, Tim Sailer wrote:

> Common misconception. DSL is dedicated from your CPE to the CO's 
> DSLAM. There,
> it's all shared bandwidth out the OC3 (or whatever they are using). 
> Only a
> dedicated line, point to point, like a T-1 (non-frame-relay) will give 
> you dedicated
> bandwidth. Even then, that's to your provider, who hopefully hasn't 
> oversold *their*
> bandwidth by too much...
>
> Tim