[Cialug] DSL speeds

[Ed]

Not to mention wiring of the building can be affected too. Longer the cord the slower it can be too.
On Jul 20, 2010, at 3:21 PM, L. V. Lammert wrote:

> On Tue, 20 Jul 2010, Dave Weis wrote:
> 
>> It's very difficult to beat the bandwidth of a (good) copper or fiber
>> network...
>> 
> The discussion seems to be ignoring the most important point - no matter
> WHAT your connection (1.5Mb, 3Mb, 7Mb), your SPEED depends on the route to
> the remote point to which you are connecting.
> 
> Every ISP uses to a certain amount of oversubscription, .. and you never
> know the status or saturation of each link between you and the other end.
> 
> 	Lee
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