[geeks] Time To Move...

Mike Hebel nimitz at nimitzbrood.com
Tue Jul 20 08:49:11 CDT 2004


> On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 08:00:39AM -0400, James wrote:
>> I'm on cable modem service, which is a shared segment design (I
>> compete for bandwidth on the wire with about 1000 other households).
>> My low is 1.0 megabit/sec and my high is 5 megabit/sec. The worse
>> times are when the kiddies are home (3pm to 5pm and 7pm to 10pm). My
>> uplink is capped at 256 kilobit/sec. but at least it is consistent.
>
> I have 6megabit/608kbps (max) DSL through SBC here in Austin.  Costs
> around $45/month.  After PPPoE overhead, I get around 512 KBytes/56
> KBytes down/up.

Is this a static service?  If so how many IPs?

I pay $65 for a 5-static 1.5/128 ADSL business connection from SBC right now.

Not that I'd want to change to a "residential" service - they support me
differently as a business.
Mike
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