I used to have MediaOne cable - and I rarely did over about 150 KB/s. There were sometimes that I was able to get 250 KB/s. However, now I get 140 KB/s quite regularily and it is all mine - to serve as I please :) And I was shown by the installer to be 13100 ft to 13600 ft from the CO. Tom Veldhouse veldy at veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Schewe" <jpschewe at eggplant.mtu.net> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 8:20 AM Subject: Re: [TCLUG:21970] Should DSL or Cable modem > Well considering hte fastest DSL I can get is 144k, it should be. The cable > companies only seem to be able to figure out how to get 2Mbps down and 640Kbps > down. That's still better that most DSL out there. It'd be nice if they > could really figure out how to use it and do 5Mbps both ways. My college had > that 5 years ago. > > "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy at veldy.net> writes: > > > It is not "much faster" than everybody's DSL. :) > > > > Tom Veldhouse > > veldy at veldy.net > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jon Schewe" <jpschewe at eggplant.mtu.net> > > To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > > Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 8:05 PM > > Subject: Re: [TCLUG:21970] Should DSL or Cable modem > > > > > > > Disadvantages to cable modem (from my point of view) > > > - no static IPs, may be coming soon though > > > - no services on your machine, or you get booted > > > > > > Advantages to cable modem > > > - much faster > > > > > > I got this information from the Time Warner sales rep and the tech rep > > that > > > showed up at my apartment complex trying to get subscribers. > > > > > > -- > > > Jon Schewe | http://eggplant.mtu.net/~jpschewe > > > For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels > > > nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any > > > powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all > > > creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that > > > is in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 8:38-39 > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > > > -- > Jon Schewe | http://eggplant.mtu.net/~jpschewe > For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels > nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any > powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all > creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that > is in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 8:38-39 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org