RE: [tlug] Cable modem, which mode ?

[Jim Breen <jwb@example.com>]

["Mancy, Raymond" (RE: [tlug] Cable modem, which mode ?) writes:]
>> 
>> Anyway, with a line running direct from my modem to the Masq. server, would
>> it be worthwhile using a 100BaseTX card ?(if the modem could handle it that
>> is)

I really doubt it. 100Mbps Ethernet is only much use in high-speed
uncongested intranets. Connecting to the Internet proper, you are
unlikely to see *effective* speeds approaching a plain olde Ethernet.
Remember that the throughput of an Internet connection is the minimum
throughput of all the segments your connection passes through.

I have an uncapped cable service, and it's a good day that I get as much
as 1Mbps effective. The only really high speed I can get is to the ISP's
own ftp area. The moment my connection gets out into the real Internet
world, congestion and delay rules, as it always has.

Jim

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