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Originally posted by handyman
ok so explain why cable modems run faster (ping wise) than dial-up then?
Hang on leccy dont run that fast? there is resistance which slows it down if im not wrong.
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That's more a matter of legacy hardware translating the signal.
With dialup you use a modem, (MOdulator / DEModulator) which translates the digital signal from the computer into analog (audio) signals and then back again, this takes place at both ends of the connection, and the translation takes time.
Resistance doesn't "slow down" electricity, it restricts the amount that flows...
A similar analogy would be of water.
Water flows out of a tap, as you turn the tap it increases the resistance to the water. The water still comes out the tap at the same speed (more or less) and takes the same time to drop from the tap to the sink.