and so i stand corrected.... it's not silicon valley, though. shores of eastern florida, but at least we can vote! sun must be bleaching my brain, though
DSL and cable are faster than a t-1? no, sorry. true, you can get a 10meg cable, but there is absolutely no guarantee on what your actual speed will be. on that 10meg line the provider will put hundreds of users, so there's absolutely no way that you will get the full 10megs, or get anything even close. and the fastest speed you can get DSL is 1.54mbps. unless it's sdsl (synchronous), you're most likely not going to get the 1.54mbps, either, due to - again - oversubscription. i'm not trying to rain on your parade, nor am i praising the merits of a t-1, but i just wanted to give you some correct facts.
true, the internet is slow. that's why i'm wondering why cogent is going to offer such high amounts of bandwidth when it won't be utilized. aren't they raising expectations too high and not effectively using the bandwidth? the internet is slow, but a network doesn't have to be. so why go across the public "network" (i.e. the internet)
but they're going to go through the public exchange points every time - mae east, west, and central, aads nap chicago, paix, all of them - and you're going to get crappy service. it's a cluster at those exchange points 'cause everyone's trying to jump through the hoop. if cogent is supposed to be a different type of company, why not do things a different type of way?
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and so i stand corrected .... it's not silicon valley, though. shores of eastern florida, but at least we can vote! sun must be bleaching my brain, though
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DSL and cable are faster than a t-1? no, sorry. true, you can get a 10meg cable, but there is absolutely no guarantee on what your actual speed will be. on that 10meg line the provider will put hundreds of users, so there's absolutely no way that you will get the full 10megs, or get anything even close. and the fastest speed you can get DSL is 1.54mbps. unless it's sdsl (synchronous), you're most likely not going to get the 1.54mbps, either, due to - again - oversubscription. i'm not trying to rain on your parade, nor am i praising the merits of a t-1, but i just wanted to give you some correct facts.
true, the internet is slow. that's why i'm wondering why cogent is going to offer such high amounts of bandwidth when it won't be utilized. aren't they raising expectations too high and not effectively using the bandwidth? the internet is slow, but a network doesn't have to be. so why go across the public "network" (i.e. the internet)
but they're going to go through the public exchange points every time - mae east, west, and central, aads nap chicago, paix, all of them - and you're going to get crappy service. it's a cluster at those exchange points 'cause everyone's trying to jump through the hoop. if cogent is supposed to be a different type of company, why not do things a different type of way?