Dave Raymond wrote in a message to Bob Juge:
BJ> You're certainly correct that the Internet bandwidth your cable
BJ> company attaches to the cable is the main limiting factor, but be it
BJ> T1 or T3, when 1000 cable modem users are online and ftp'ing at one
BJ> time, there will be 1/100 the bandwidth available to each compared to
BJ> when there were 10 online doing the same.  That's what I mean about
BJ> the finite bandwith being shared among users.
 DR> Right, but what does this have to do with cable modems?  Two points
 DR> to consider here...
 DR> 1) The InterNet provider certainly isn't going to use just one T1  
 DR> for all users.  GTE, for example, has assured me that they have   
 DR> set this up for easy expansion, when it becomes necessary. 
The key issue is, *when* does it become "necessary"?  When your cable modem 
download speeds decline to 35Kbps from 900Kbps?  What does the cable modem 
company consider to be minimum acceptable average user speed before they 
bring more bandwidth online?
 DR> 2) Look at the limited bandwith in the phone lines.  How can it get
 DR>    any worse? :)
At least with a switched analog phone connection, you "own" (and do not 
share) the theoretical 64Kbps bandwidth of the line.
                                   - Bob
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