| From: | Neil Bothwick |
| Date: | 3 May 2001 at 16:43:25 |
| Subject: | Re: Networking options : was Re: Issue 20 Not delivery related:) |
stump said,
>> Even if I think it through logically it seems I'm right - a cable connection
>> has 'one' cable across the street, whereas a phoneline ends at an exchange.
> Where it connects to a DSLAM along with other DSL's and from there to a
> fatter pipe to the ISP.
> The contention is still there, it's just further up the line.
Where it's shared across more connections, so there'll be less chance of
saturation.
100 ports shared between 5000 people is better than one port between 50,
even though both have the same contention ratio.
Cheers
Neil
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