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Originally Posted by Kushan
Well then, I obviously have misunderstood how the whole channel system works. .
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In my more tech savvie days, I used to be able to understand conversations such as in this thread, but these days such stuff goes over my head. So, like you, I am not sure what is being said here.
For those that understand such things, could someone please give an easy to understand summary of just how the internet is delivered to customers and where and why the congestion/problems happen?
I know there is/was about 750mhz of bandwidth/capacity on the cable network which is split into transport streams or channels. Each channel is about 8mhz each and there are about 75 channels in total, in theory, that could be used. Many of these channels are used for tv, currently 48 in my area. When I last looked at my modem's stats, I think there were 8 downstream channels and 2 upstream channels. So that makes 58 channels in total being delivered to my area.
I know in homes we have the cable modem. In the street we have the cabinet and eventually there is the headend. What next?