Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 16:06:45 -0700 From: "Jeff Mohler" <speedtoys.racing@gmail.com> To: fbsd2@a1poweruser.com Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Sten Daniel Soersdal <netslists@gmail.com> Subject: Re: 10Mbps versus 100Mbps Cable Modems Message-ID: <a969fbd10707141606v29f2bef6s2967c4f2a45a884@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <NBECLJEKGLBKHHFFANMBGEOJCEAA.fbsd2@a1poweruser.com> References: <773481.39823.qm@web58101.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <NBECLJEKGLBKHHFFANMBGEOJCEAA.fbsd2@a1poweruser.com>
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Yup..and it goes back to my original point. If it saves $5/box times 100,000 units and they charge you the same for the box rental/purchase, its a good business decision. On 7/14/07, fbsd2 <fbsd2@a1poweruser.com> wrote: > > This is right off the cable internet service providers website. > > Plan Name Plan Type (Speed Max) (Speed Min) > Exceed 788 Residential 384 kbps 32 kbps > Exceed 1350 Residential 512 kbps 64 kbps > Exceed 2000 Comm w/o IP 768 kbps 128 kbps > Exceed 3500 Comm w/o IP 1024 kbps 192 kbps > Exceed 4000 Comm w/ IP 1024 kbps 192 kbps > > So 10Mbps = 10240kbps and 1024kbps = 1Mbps > Then a 10Mbps cable modem can feed their network faster > than even the fastest service plan they offer. > > Do I have correct understanding now? > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of L Goodwin > Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 4:54 PM > To: Sten Daniel Soersdal; fbsd2@a1poweruser.com > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG > Subject: Re: 10Mbps versus 100Mbps Cable Modems > > They probably did it because the number of subscribers > has increased to the point that they need to start > limiting bandwidth to ensure that everyone gets their > fair share. They probably allowed subscribers to > exceed their allotted max bandwidth while the number > of subscribers was sufficiently low that they did not > have to worry about it. Now that they have a lot of > subscribers, they have to worry about it. > > --- Sten Daniel Soersdal <netslists@gmail.com> wrote: > > > fbsd2 wrote: > > > Comclark cable in Angeles City Philippines has > > changed > > > from using 100Mbps Cable Modem to 10Mbps Cable > > Modem. > > > To me this seems to be all wrong as all I see is > > slower response. > > > Is there any technical or performance reason for > > any cable internet > > > provider to downgrade their network subscribers > > cable modems > > > from 100Mbps to 10Mbps? > > > > That reason could be compatibility. > > > > If you see slower response then perhaps something is > > wrong. > > Perhaps you should call their support and verify > > that you do not have a > > mismatched duplex setting? > > > > Mismatched duplex can come from misbehaving > > autonegotiation or that one > > end is set to full-duplex while the other end is set > > to half-duplex, or, > > one end is set to full-duplex and the other end is > > set to auto-negotiate > > (which results in falling back to half-duplex). > > > > -- > > Sten Daniel Soersdal > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______________ > Luggage? GPS? Comic books? > Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search > http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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