[Cialug] Question about going broadband in Des Moines...

[Jon Clemons]

Actually Qwest ADSL limit is 18,000 ft:)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <kristau@kristau.net>
To: <cialug@cialug.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Cialug] Question about going broadband in Des Moines...


> On Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 11:39:09AM -0600, reinstall hell wrote:
>> just looked. fastest DSL i can physically get is IDSL. which from what
>> i've read is the same as ISDN, woohoo. i live ~20000 ft from my Telco's
>> switch. does anyone know if cable internet has any limitations of this
>> sort? just curious.
>>
>
> Cable does not have the 15,000 foot limitation that DSL does, so it tends 
> to be available in more areas.  As other have mentioned, though, cable 
> does tend to have a severely limited upstream bandwidth compared to its 
> large downstream.  Cable is also a "bus architecture" meaning you may be 
> sharing that 3 Megabits with the 100 or so other folks on the same cable. 
> DSL is a point-to-point digital line, so you get 100% of the bandwidth 
> allocated to you.  That is, unless your ISP oversells the bandwidth 
> they've purchased from their provider.
>
> I had to get cable when I moved out to Johnston because DSL was not 
> available.  In fact, our phone service was quite unstable the first 
> several months we moved in, too.  Qwest still has our phones hooked 
> through the Grimes exchange to this day.  We were told it was a "temporary 
> line" but I have a feeling that's the way the phones have been since the 
> house was built in 2000. . .
>
> -- 
> "It is far easier to feign ignorance than it is to feign knowledge."
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