[ale] OT - DSL

Matt Smith msmith at risklabs.com
Wed Jul 10 15:05:41 EDT 2002


DSL is limited at the hardware level, not by some evil corporate scheme.

Most typical DSL is 1.5Mbit/sec downstream, 256kbit/sec upstream.  That
means you absolutely cannot get more than 150-160KB/sec downloads.  Anything
over that is most likely an artifact of caching locally - kind of like
clicking refresh on the old MSN speedtest page.  

If you have a un-hacked cable modem on the other hand, it is very likely
that it will vary between several Mbit/sec to several hundred Kbit/sec.  It
all depends on the usage on your segment.  It's one of the tradeoffs/debates
between the two technologies..  Fixed, fairly reliable speed but lower than
the max for cable, or the chance to burst to 3-5Mbit/sec when it's not
lightning outside.


--Matt


-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Kilpatrick [mailto:kilpatms at mindspring.com]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 2:56 PM
To: Charles Marcus; Ale
Subject: Re: [ale] OT - DSL


On Wednesday 10 July 2002 02:23 pm, Charles Marcus wrote:
> Is that 150kB(ytes)?  or 150kb(its)?

150kB(ytes)  10 mgb file takes about 70 seconds to download.


I have seen speeds in excess of 350kB/sec -- but that's seldom.

Sean




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