From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jun 9 19:46:26 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA02981 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 9 Jun 1997 19:46:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from crh.cl.msu.edu (crh.cl.msu.edu [35.8.1.24]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA02930 for ; Mon, 9 Jun 1997 19:44:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from henrich@localhost) by crh.cl.msu.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA00853; Mon, 9 Jun 1997 22:42:24 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 22:42:24 -0400 (EDT) From: Charles Henrich Message-Id: <199706100242.WAA00853@crh.cl.msu.edu> To: michaelh@cet.co.jp, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cable modems Newsgroups: lists.freebsd.hackers References: <5niaor$ges$1@msunews.cl.msu.edu> X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 CURRENT #1 Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In lists.freebsd.hackers you write: >Has anyone tried out a cable modem? I searched at dejanews for "cox" and >"cable modem" and found some interesting postings. Some guy in San Diego >downloaded a 5MB file to his home PC in 30 seconds. I also read that a >Cox tech is surfing at home with a bsd system. I have had a cable modem for over a year now (I think our system was one of the very first doing production, customer service), and well, it rocks! The idea of a modem or ISDN just is sooo slow. It helps that the cable company has a direct 10mb link to the university here, so I get on average about 200KB-300KB/sec to my workstation on campus. And since MSU is connected so well, on weekends I get 100+ K/sec out to the net. However, the cable plant and cable modem equipment can make a WORLD of difference, so buyer beware. -Crh -- Charles Henrich Michigan State University henrich@msu.edu http://pilot.msu.edu/~henrich