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Originally Posted by theblueraja
...move to ADSL...
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is that a serious comment?,
someone who downloads
[Begin BS] 4GB per day [/End BS] will have better performence on cable than ADSL, as far as im aware the ADSL that we use in the uk is not even a international standard yet (eg, a UK adsl modem wont work in US, am i right this is still the case?).
DOCSIS on the other hand is a new internationally recognised standard (International Telecommunication Union J.112), it has been perfected since its introduction in 1995, and was designed specificly for delivering broadband over cable in the US.
ADSL relying on the old rat-eaten, dog-chewed telephone lines laid by the post office over 100 years ago for, mono, half duplex audio... is now a wooping 8bit, lol, it was origionally designed for delivering video on demand to pc's, but was adapted to carry internet data, as there were no good tv shows in the late 80's
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ADSL is only capable of 8MB per sec, with heavy packet loss (i havent had intrest in ADSL for awile, so things may have changed since then), but the speed still heavily depends on line performance...
If we were compairing DOCISS to RADSL (the latest DSL service, again im very old and havent caught up with all this new technology yet, so there is bound to be something even newer
), then you would have made a valid point, in testing i belive that RADSL was more reliable than ethernet, as it adapts to the line it is on, and works out how many times each packet should be sent, calculates the maximum possible speed (something like 50mb/s per 20kilometers), and delivers unpresedented performance, even on a line with alot of interference/resistance).
However at this present time cable is still the superiour technology, so the comment "move to ADSL" is very vague, something like "ntl is cr*p" i would have understood and felt for, but you wouldent suggest to someone with Austin Martin, to switch to a Skoda would you? - i will level with you, i have ntl, it is rubbish, constant downtine, no support (sorry if you happen to work in swansea faults, but i dont like you
), if ntl were to look at cable's implementation in the US, then they would p1ss themselfs.
as for "ADSL - what cap?", i dont belive ntl themselfs have a formal cap, as i have never heard anything of it, the 1GB per day, was in the user policy not there terms and conditions. A policy is a an guideline principle that should be tried to be stuck to, however
if broken is not a conditon of use, and as formulated outside the judiciary, no law would have been broken.
So i dont belive ntl have the legal power to disconnect someone on the grounds that they pulled more than ntl recommend, unless ntl have proof/evidence that they are causing disruption of service to another customour, and could probable sue the individual if that customour were to leave, for "loss of income".
theblueraja, I hope you can tell, that i have far to much time on my hands, and i have manedged to write all this from your mere 46 character post, lol.
-Chris