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On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 04:23:35PM -0400, Kevin Brosius wrote:
> I hear good things about the Cavalier DSL. I work with someone who
> likes it (and it's not Comcast, as he says :) )
I assume that it 'Not being Comcast' is a good thing? Not like it
really matters, I dislike Comcast as much as I dislike Version.
> One thing to note is that Cavalier is not using standard ADSL, so speeds
> are different than you might expect from an ADSL 784/784 circuit. From
> the reading I've done, their DSL is a combined bandwidth product,
> meaning up and down bandwidth is shared. I'm not clear on the actual
> transfer rate, but it sounds like you can use either 784 down or 784 up
> at any given time, for standard usage you'll get some lesser speed in
> one direction. (Which is just fine for most home use. For example,
> standard 684/128 ADSL is great for downloading, web browsing, mail,
> etc...)
When I called the Cavalier techs the other day to get the skinny on
their DSL, I remember him muttering something about this. Something
about you need their modem because it is a special DSL variant ,
half-duplex or something, I forget. I should probably check on the
details on that.
If the speed toggles between the up and down that is fine with me. I
really need the boost in uplink speed (for web servers and stuff) and I
could live with a decrease in the downlink.
-Pete
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