[Gllug] ADSL or cable?

[Matthew Thompson]

> NTL told me that there is no contention ratio on their cable service 
> and
> experience bears this out, I get a good 1Mb/s and can download a CD in
> an hour and a half, reliably. A friend subscribed to their 128Kb/s
> service and we measured her connection at about 190Kb/s. Mine delivers
> exactly what was promised.

NTL are lieing to you then. NTL as with Telewest operate a non specific 
contention system where the contention is set by the number of 
customers in the area you are connected to against the bandwidth 
available.

Cable Modem systems are an inherently shared infrastructure unlike DSL 
which can, and is setup as a point to point system. The contention 
ratios quoted are the maximum allowed by BT at the "fat pipe" end of 
the connection.

I too have never seen slower than the quoted speed of the line when 
accessing the right sites although if you're getting a CD in an hour 
and a half it sounds like you're getting faster than 1Mbps or you're 
beingshort changed on your CDs. On the end of a 2Mbps leased line I get 
CDs in about 1 hour - full 650 - 700Mb ISO images.

> M at t :o)


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