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Old 31-12-2003, 14:42   #6
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Re: contention ratio question

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Originally Posted by kronas
so no one knows for sure how it works ?
It depends on your ISP - as already said in mine and etcarmageddon's posts.

"ipstream" is the system used by most adsl providers - i.e your share BT's equipment and contend with any other isp using it.

"datastream" is where the ISP has thier own equipment in the exchange - i.e. you only contend with others using that isp.
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