<a href="http://omnibus.bobanna.com/dsl_rate_distance.jpg">http://omnibus.bobanna.com/dsl_rate_distance.jpg</a><div><br></div><div>A look at the limits of twisted pair.</div><div>The top curve is the Shannon limit:</div><div>
bps assuming no noise on the line.</div><div>The bottom curve is the limit assuming</div><div>a 10^-6 bit error rate. It shows the </div><div>well known 18,000 foot limit for DSL</div><div>using just twisted pair.</div><div>
<br></div><div>But for a 50 foot drop to a house, the</div><div>limit might be quite high.</div><div><br></div><div>Coax and fiber are vastly better.</div><div><br></div><div> -- Bob</div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Adam Tauno Williams <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:awilliam@whitemice.org">awilliam@whitemice.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Sun, 2010-03-28 at 16:46 -0400, <a href="mailto:peyeps@iserv.net">peyeps@iserv.net</a> wrote:<br>
> Is it my imagination, or does a wireless connection give you higher speed<br>
> than a wired connection?<br>
<br>
</div>It is entirely your imagination. The throughput of even local [WiFi]<br>
wire can vary greatly [depending upon conditions, distance, firmware,<br>
etc...] and diminishes exremely rapidly with competing nodes.<br>
<br>
Of course, if your cabling is bad, your switch is junk, .... your<br>
wireless might be faster then your copper.<br>
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