Re: [PLUG] DSL provider speeds

[Andrew White <andrew@white.com>]

Hi Adam,

warning -- biased opinion ahead!

I work for an ISP in Philadelphia that provides DSL -- DCANet.
You get DEDICATED bandwidth between your ISP and your residence
with DSL -- whether you get that same bandwidth out to the
Internet depends on how your ISP handles the traffic to and
from your DSL and the Internet.  With a cable modem, you
"share" the bandwidth to the cable company with others in
your cable "neighborhood" -- which could be as little as 10
or as many as 1,000 residences.

While I cannot speak for other ISPs, I can confirm that DCANet
does not throttle or limit DSL traffic in any way, and that we
make it a policy to ensure our upstream connectivity is both
high-quality and uncongested.  I hope some other PLUG list members
will comment on that assertion.

Also, I see you have a Swarthmore address!  My fiancee is
Swarthmore Class of 1994.  Support a swattie!

-Andrew




On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, Adam Preset wrote:

> I'm mulling over switching from cable modem to DSL. Advertising and
> promises from various providers aside, has any DSL user noted what sort
> of practical bandwidth they're getting from their provider?
> 
> Adam
> 
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