Sat Feb 2 18:19:37 2002

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Sat Feb 2 19:14:13 2002

More importantly, what is the performance like during peak times? I hear that during peak times download streams can be pretty fucking bad!

Here in HK, the cable service *supposedly* has 10Mbps up and down load streams, but during peak hours its no better then a 56k modem or even worse. :eek:

ADSL service is nice for downloads but for some fancy web serving deal i'm stuck with a piddly 256kbps upstream although I have 3Mbps downstream. And just recenlty they upped the ADSL to 8Mbps but I don't get the upgrade because I already signed a contract for ~1year which only gives me 24/7 3Mbps connection. I'm hoping that over time they'll provide a free upgrade to 8Mbps. They did that when they went from 1.5 to 3 but that was only for peeps that signed up for the high usage plan which was what I had.

8Mbps would be sweet.

Man does the speed get you addicted. I REFUSE TO USE ANYTHING LESS THEN 1.5Mbps and even then it feels slow!!!!!!

ack!!!!

Sat Feb 2 19:14:53 2002

:biggrin: :evilgrin: :biggrin:

Sat Feb 2 19:20:56 2002

A T1 is 1.5Mbps
My current ADSL is 3Mbps

With Mbps alone, my connection should be twice as fast as yours yet I hear that T1 have some dealio that makes that not so true. So you know the answer? Or you just as clueless as I am?

I'm guessing overhead if anything otherwise at its best a 3Mbps *should* be twice as fast right?

Hmmm.....

Sat Feb 2 19:42:03 2002

Sat Feb 2 19:44:23 2002

I would venture a WAG, that a T1 is a dedicated connection, and all things like modems, -DSL, and cable have to fight with each other. But I really can't say anything beyond that because networking-type stuff is not even something that interests me in the least.

Sat Feb 2 19:46:18 2002

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Sat Feb 2 21:13:54 2002

640 kbps
Whatever the case, it's a damn sight faster than the old dialup.

Sun Feb 3 02:10:18 2002

Not bad coming from a friggin 33.6 dialup methinks

PH43R!