On Jul 26 19:15 96, Con Aidonidis of 3:712/941 wrote:

CA> i probably do have a crap line, but for the cable modems, as the name 
CA> refers to "cable", if you know the basics about fibre
optics you will 
CA> understand that you will get full speed every time

When the interface is 10 Mb/sec, the cable uplink capacity is 30 Mb/sec,
and you're sharing that cable segment with 200 other users?

Uh - yeah.  sure.  You got any interest in a good toll bridge?   Just paid
out, freshly painted, good access from metropolitan Sydney, second
investment in a paralell tunnel available.  Good deal...

Regards,
Dave Hatch.

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