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Subject: Re: any difference between cable(TV) and phone line high speed internet 
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On top of that, the difference is shared media.  Cable is shared by everyone
on that particular segment.  DSL is not shared media.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net>
To: "Fuji Zhang" <fzhang3@csd.uwo.ca>
Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 1:55 PM
Subject: Re: any difference between cable(TV) and phone line high speed
internet


> The differences are really between ISPs more than between DSL and
> cable, but it seems most common for cable modems to be simple Ethernet
> connections to the cable ISPs router while most DSL providers seem to
> use PPPoE connections which do require some added configuration.
>
> R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
> Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
> Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
> E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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