Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 14:24:33 -0500 From: "Knightstalker" <knight.stalker@verizon.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: any difference between cable(TV) and phone line high speed internet Message-ID: <003801c18b1e$4c3201f0$0100a8c0@screamer> References: <200112211855.fBLItPd09126@ptavv.es.net>
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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 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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