...{David Bowerman} said this to {Brandon Burchfield}..`0
DB> Cable modems are available from your local cable television company 
DB> when/if they get around to supporting them.  One problem with cable 
DB> modems is that your bandwidth is shared with all other users on the 
DB> line.  That is, if they have 500Kbps bandwidth and 50 users, each 
DB> user gets a massive 10kbps if all are on at once and transferring 
DB> I do have one friend who lives in an area where cable modems were 
DB> undergoing a trial run.  When there was no one else on, they 
DB> screamed.  When the system go loaded, it was worse than his 14k4 
DB> Regards,
DB>        David
Thanks for the reply,
I too have known about this little dilemma. But I always make it a rule of 
thumb to logon to any service I use AFTER 9pm. So I usually do not ever see 
the "lag" that many people see during the evening. I have also heard another 
drawback to cable modems is the UL ratio. I have heard that since cable TV 
was originally made for 1-way transmission, cable modems are not too good at 
ULing. But I suppose that is a sacrifice I can deal with. Especially if I can 
get the benefit of screaming DL time.
LATER
BbB
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