Posted by AMUN on 10/27/07 19:50

"Jyeshta" <whatever@twixtntween.com> wrote in message
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> 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.

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