Posted by Jyeshta on 10/27/07 18:02

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.

>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.

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