[GRLUG] core 5 iso image?

[Joshua Burns]

You're right, when downloading via FTP, HTTP or any other method which 
requires a single connection, cable beets the crap out of DSL- I am simply 
referring to cases in which you are connected to possibly hundreds of other 
people at the same time.


>From: "Bob Kline" <bob.kline at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: grlug at grlug.org
>To: grlug at grlug.org
>Subject: Re: [GRLUG] core 5 iso image?
>Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 03:32:00 -0400
>
>I have the 8Mbps Comcast cable service.  I routinely
>get 600Kbps to 800 Kbps when uploading,  and 6Mbps
>to 8Mbps down.  If I run two or more ftp jobs to move
>files aournd I almost always get the full bit rate up and
>down.
>
>I'm somewhat hard put to believe that a 1.5Mbps DSL
>connection can match this.  I had SBC DSL for a year
>or more,  and while I did get the 1.5Mbps rate when using
>ftp, I saw nothing to suggest that  in any magical way
>the performance was equivalent to my current 8Mbps
>connection.
>
>  -Bob
>
>
>On 4/30/06, Tim Schmidt <timschmidt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>On 4/30/06, Joshua Burns <joshuadburns at hotmail.com > wrote:
>> > Well something you also must consider is whether or not you're using
>>cable.
>> > If you are, keep in mind you are only allowed so a low number of
>> > simultaneous connections while with T1/3 or DSL, this number is much
>>larger.
>> > Being that peer to peer networks require many, many connections, using
>>cable
>> > will be a sure down fall.
>> >
>> > I have a friend who has 8 Megabit cable while I myself have 1.5 DSL. I
>>still
>> > download things nearly as fast as he does, simply because if you were 
>>to
>>
>> > monitor the amount of concurrent connections, you'd see my connection
>>has a
>> > lot more actively downloading, and less being choked, while his is the
>> > opposite.
>>
>>What's the reasoning behind this?  As far as I understand, the number
>>of concurrent connections you can handle has everything to do with the
>>computer making the connections, and possibly the routers in between
>>the connections (including your personal router if you have one, and
>>the ISPs), but absolutely nothing to do with the medium carrying the
>>packets.  So explain why cable would be any different than DSL of a
>>similar throughput?
>>
>>--tim
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