[ale] OT - DSL

[Kilroy, Chris]

http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/showdev.php?id=629&PHPSESSID=d142007c0651e156026d551c0d9766ef


Just an aside, this is the modem that BellSouth likes to push on people for DSL.  There is now a linux driver for it.



->-----Original Message-----
->From: Matt Smith [mailto:msmith at risklabs.com]
->Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 3:06 PM
->To: 'kilpatms at mindspring.com'; Ale
->Subject: RE: [ale] OT - DSL
->
->
->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]
->Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 2:56 PM
->To: Charles Marcus; Ale
->Subject: Re: [ale] OT - DSL
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->On Wednesday 10 July 2002 02:23 pm, Charles Marcus wrote:
->> Is that 150kB(ytes)?  or 150kb(its)?
->
->150kB(ytes)Â  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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