Thread: *ALL* Speed Upgrade Discussion In Here Please
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Old 19-01-2005, 16:34   #81
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Re: Speed Upgrade
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Originally Posted by daxx
1. The 'new' teirs will work through usb (although the Network Interface Card (NIC)/Ethernet route is better for any network connection)

2. Remember that 'anything plugged into a usb port is using up your processors computing power as it has to preform any conversion required to get the signals to the correct device.

3 The days of 'NIC only' for any cable provider are 'maybe' far into the future and your current computer will be either long outdated or a manufacturer will come up with USB X capable of handling the speeds required
u mean usb2 which is already on a lot of modern computers and capable of handleing 480mbits a sec

ntl just need to start to supply modems that support usb2...
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