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Old 02-08-2004, 12:41   #639
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Re: [Merged] BB Speed Upgrades

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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq
If it were cached, it would take 0ms not 12ms... Something called University LAN and a pretty fat pipe... I really should try online gaming here, pings to jolt and bbc come out at around 3.8ms avg

Why oh why cant we get 100mbit/s cable modems?
Because HFC (hybrid fibre coax systems) are in place - which seriously dont have enough bandwidth for that sort of speeds.

The only time we'll see speeds like that is when Fibre To The Door + Cisco DWDM + Cheaper overall transit costs come into the equation.
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