-=> Quoting Dave Raymond to Bob Juge <=-
 BJ> Even the cable is limited in its capacity.
 DR> Everything has a limit.  However, fiber optic is "virtually
 DR> unlimited".
 10 years later and Dave you will say that the traditional fiber optic is
 "virtually standing still"... :)
 BJ> What if your cable company
 BJ> suddenly decides to put another 300 channels online to compete with
 BJ> the satellite dish companies?  That would reduce the bandwidth
 BJ> available to cable modem users sharing the same cable.
 DR> But would one see the effect, is the question.  That would be like
 DR> saying that cable modem users would cause your television picture to
 DR> flicker. :) However, I use a different company for cable TV.
 Well, theu use different "channels" that's available on the coax cable...
 BJ> with anyone.  Therefore you have to pay an ISP for the 24 hour
 BJ> dedicated bandwidth you use, whether you're at the keyboard or not.
 BJ> If that's T1 speed (1.554 Mbps), you'd pay the going rate for that.
 BJ> ADSL, like cable modems, is not switched technology (you don't "dial"
 BJ> anyone, you're connected 24 hours).
 DR> Interesting.  Thanks for the info.
 No, no, no, don't thank him for the info yet... :) Read my info from a
 local teleco tech guy (He knows ADSL quite well... :) )...
 ADSL provides 6Mbps downstream (to you)
 1.5Mbps upstream (from you)
 costing about CND$ 50 for the physical line itself and the ADSL modem
 rental.
 costing about CND$ 15 for the internet connection.
 Comes to a total of $65 for a month of access with transmission quota
 set a 1GB for normal access... and I'll ask for unlimited or 10GB
 transmission quota. :)
 So CND$65 a month... not the regular T-1 rate, because you are not getting
 the extra IP address that you usually gets with T1...
... Weapons bans are the first symptoms of genocide.
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