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Posted by Jyeshta on 10/28/07 17:23
On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 15:50:22 -0400, "AMUN" <spamblocker@bett.net>
wrote:
>"Jyeshta" <whatever@twixtntween.com> wrote in message
>news:c0v6i3tbndnek0kd2pd7hp0ui9k149vikt@4ax.com...
>> On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:54:59 -0400, "AMUN" <spamblocker@bett.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Just remember that ANY cable connection means several subscribers
>>>on/sharing
>>>a connection.
>>>If others on your line do a lot of uploading you will lose YOUR upload
>>>speed, and the reverse is true as well.
>>
>> That's a good point, thanks. I knew that, but somehow didn't
>> make the mental connection that upload speeds could vary as much
>> as download speeds.
>
>Just depends on who you get stuck with on the same line.
>If other users just check e-mails once a day, you are laughing.
>But if someone is running a 24/7 pirate web-radio/webcam feed, you are going
>to suffer
>
>
>
>>
>>>You may just have to live with losing much of your own available bandwidth
>>>for hours at a time, unless you complain to your provider to get on
>>>another
>>>connection, but then you would have to tell them that you P2P and they may
>>>not be thrilled, as not too many ISP's care much for the customers that
>>>(potentially) suck up all the resources.
>>>
>>>I've even heard of a few users who admitted to P2P usage, being forced to
>>>higher cost "business" accounts.
>>
>> I've been considering that, to tell the truth. Cable is my major
>> single luxury and I might be willing to pay even more for
>> reliable increased bandwidth allocation. I shall see.
>
>
>You still may not get that much better speeds with a business account over a
>residential one.
>And the latter may cost up to 4 times the price.
>So don't sign up without doing your homework.
>
>Also there a lot of factors that could be slowing your speed, bad wiring,
>distance to internet trunk, wonky cable modem, wonky wireless signals (if
>applicable) even programs running background on your own system (legit or
>spyware/viri), etc.
>And don't forget that some EVIL ISP's deliberately overload their systems
>with more clients than they really can handle.
All good points, thanks.
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