Is it true that cable is the fastest internet? My friend says it is but when i looked it i came up with this:
There are multiple grades of cable and dsl service.
Cable
usually 10mb/s downstream and 1mb/s upstream (megaBIT/sec)
DSL
varies from 128kb/s to 1mb/s for consumers. Can be symmetrical if you get SDSL. Most consumers get ADSL or some variant.
Cable is faster than DSL for most downloads but YMMV depending on your provider and a host of other factors.
T1- 1.5 mb/s. Very fast. Symmetric. Very expensive unless you are at a university or one of those cool new internet buildings with it built in.
T3- 45 mb/s Very Very Fast. Symmetric. You can't afford it. A major corporation or your university can afford it.
OC-### - You are the freaking telecom company or a large ISP.
Internet 2 - separate from the internet. You are a physicist or engineer running advanced simulations with huge data sets.
So what is the fastest internet, if it's not cable then what is?
2007-01-31
14:34:00
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Taom
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