On Thu, 19 Jul 2001 mjsnodgr_at_rockwellcollins.com wrote:
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> I've had 256k DSL for about 9 months now
Is 256 kbps common for DSL or cable?
A network admin at the local cable company here (who handles my cable
modem service) told me that their infrastructure can do 10 Mbps to each
modem, but that the software in the modem was configured to limit that to
2 Mbps. I don't know if the software limit story is true, but I can vouch
for the 2 Mbps effective rate. I've had FTP transfers in excess of 200
KBps before.
> had about 37 minutes of down time.
I've had more than that. Sometimes it happens several times per week, but
there have also been periods of several months without problems. Only one
outage has lasted over 30 minutes. It's been good enough for me to run
this mail server on it.
Speaking of running servers: my cable company supports it. I've never
came out and asked them directly, but all the evidence is there. There
are explicit provisions in the service agreement against running servers
_for_other_parties_, but no other mention. IPs are assigned via DHCP (I
probably ought to ask if static IPs are available), but you always get the
same IP until you change NICs. Finally, I've been running a mail server
over my link for a while, and my logs show that the cable company has
tested it for open relaying (which I don't do) several times. I have
never gottan a call from them asking me to not have the server up.
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Jeffrey S. Sharp
jss_at_ou.edu
Received on Thu Jul 19 2001 - 17:55:31 BST