Comments on: Daddy Loves His New 20Mbps http://www.martytdx.com/zealot/archives/2006/12/07/daddy-loves-his-new-20mbps All the Rants that Beer and Birding Can Buy Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:50:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Marty http://www.martytdx.com/zealot/archives/2006/12/07/daddy-loves-his-new-20mbps#comment-1265 Marty Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:37:56 +0000 http://www.martytdx.com/zealot/archives/2006/12/07/daddy-loves-his-new-20mbps#comment-1265 Apertome - I will admit that I'm not a fan of cable modems mostly due to Comcast cable and their notoriously shodding service. Almost everyone I know that had it has bailed, except those who have to share or just don't use it enough to really care. That being said, I'm <em>loving</em> my new toy... Apertome - I will admit that I’m not a fan of cable modems mostly due to Comcast cable and their notoriously shodding service. Almost everyone I know that had it has bailed, except those who have to share or just don’t use it enough to really care.

That being said, I’m loving my new toy…

]]> By: Apertome http://www.martytdx.com/zealot/archives/2006/12/07/daddy-loves-his-new-20mbps#comment-1260 Apertome Fri, 08 Dec 2006 16:04:59 +0000 http://www.martytdx.com/zealot/archives/2006/12/07/daddy-loves-his-new-20mbps#comment-1260 I have always preferred cable modems, primarily for the ease of configuration (simple DHCP). This is particularly useful since I never know what operating system I'm going to want to connect with. I know the argument about cable modems being slower during high traffic times, but in practice, I haven't had that problem since about 2000 or 2001. Sure, the speed fluctuates somewhat during the day, but it's always acceptable, and sometimes it's blazingly fast. My cable company recently increased the speed of my connection at no additional cost to me. Now it's rated at 10 Mbps. Honestly, I haven't noticed that much difference when it comes to downloading stuff (some servers just can't keep up with that rate to begin with), but my upload rate has doubled, too, now I upload at 100 kiloBYTES per second. I almost got DSL after I moved back to Bloomington, except that the DSL service was FULL in my area. They told me I could wait to do some network upgrades ... on a timescale of months. I think not. At any rate, I am happy with my cable modem. The only drawback is that it is indeed more expensive. I have always preferred cable modems, primarily for the ease of configuration (simple DHCP). This is particularly useful since I never know what operating system I’m going to want to connect with. I know the argument about cable modems being slower during high traffic times, but in practice, I haven’t had that problem since about 2000 or 2001. Sure, the speed fluctuates somewhat during the day, but it’s always acceptable, and sometimes it’s blazingly fast.

My cable company recently increased the speed of my connection at no additional cost to me. Now it’s rated at 10 Mbps. Honestly, I haven’t noticed that much difference when it comes to downloading stuff (some servers just can’t keep up with that rate to begin with), but my upload rate has doubled, too, now I upload at 100 kiloBYTES per second.

I almost got DSL after I moved back to Bloomington, except that the DSL service was FULL in my area. They told me I could wait to do some network upgrades … on a timescale of months. I think not. At any rate, I am happy with my cable modem. The only drawback is that it is indeed more expensive.

]]> By: furiousball http://www.martytdx.com/zealot/archives/2006/12/07/daddy-loves-his-new-20mbps#comment-1258 furiousball Thu, 07 Dec 2006 14:42:38 +0000 http://www.martytdx.com/zealot/archives/2006/12/07/daddy-loves-his-new-20mbps#comment-1258 FIOS is good stuff, we've had it a for a few months now and haven't had any issues. gotta love that speed especially being so much cheaper than cable FIOS is good stuff, we’ve had it a for a few months now and haven’t had any issues. gotta love that speed especially being so much cheaper than cable

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