[handyman]

Originally Posted by simpsonsFAN

They know enough to know that 3mbit is faster than 1mbit,

Then they are wrong then as 3mbit is exactly the same speed as 1mbit which is the same speed as 300k. Its all the same connection with the same equipment.

I think you are trying to refer to bandwidth not speed, 2 different things.

Think of the network of pipes that brings water to your home and carries sewage away from it. Those pipes have different diameters -- the city's main water pipe may be 2 meters in diameter, whereas the kitchen faucet may be 2 centimeters. The width of the pipe measures the water-carrying capacity of the pipe. In this analogy the water is like information and the width of the pipe is like bandwidth. In fact, many networking experts will talk in terms of "putting in bigger pipes" meaning more bandwidth; that is, more information-carrying capacity

I have a fairly large network here running on a adsl 2mb connection. We have 3 laptops and 1 computer running from it. If i'm downloading on the computer it impacts the quality of service that the other users have. This is exponentially worse when I am uploading (as in your image and web hosting). I dont think you'll be giving out a service that at all justifies £10 per month. (and btw I do not condone what you are doing I hope the fine people at AUP discon you)

The reason you can have a 3mb connection for next to nothing when business's are paying through the roof for 2mbs leased lines and 128k ISDN is that as a residential user you are expected to be using the service less. Thats why they have a restriction in the amount of users you can connect to the service. You get the advantage of greater bandwidth allowing you to do what you do faster (remember it all travels the same speed) because you can get more data through the pipe at any one time.