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APS · 25-01-2006, 11:53

On USB versus Ethernet, I believe most NTL cable modems only support USB 1.1, which has a 12 megabit/s limit. USB is inherently half-duplex and the figure does not include overheads for packetisation etc, etc both at USB and TCP/IP level. That is why it is a bottleneck and unlikely to top 4-5 Mbit/s throughput.

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25-01-2006, 11:53	#1691
APS Inactive Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 216	*Re: ALL* ntl 10Mb Discussion (Part 3)** On USB versus Ethernet, I believe most NTL cable modems only support USB 1.1, which has a 12 megabit/s limit. USB is inherently half-duplex and the figure does not include overheads for packetisation etc, etc both at USB and TCP/IP level. That is why it is a bottleneck and unlikely to top 4-5 Mbit/s throughput. APS