From: Kirk Wood <cpt.kirk@1tree.net>
To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca
Subject: Re: Linux and High speed accessability
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 14:22:05 -0600 (CST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0111141417400.14053-100000@ignatious> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20011114111245.U95911-100000@server1.shellworld.net>
In all the discussion about the speed of networking option, has anyone
considered the speed of the connection? If your primary thing is internet
access, then getting 100mbit connections won't help much. DSL tops out
about 1.5 and cable arround 2. And yes, cable is faster then DSL on a
consistant basis. I have compared real world speeds with a number of
friends using dsl and cable. The cable consistantly gives a slight
edge. Neither is a clear leader. And the "security" of dsl is just pure
horse sh__. There is no such thing as a secure internet connection.
And do you really give a damn if the neighbor somehow detects that you
went to the smut site? Give me a break. My cable modem filters out all TCP
traffic bound for mac addresses that aren't accessing it. I think this is
pretty standard.
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Kirk Wood
Cpt.Kirk@1tree.net
"When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missle at
a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive."
- President George Bush
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Michael
` Raul A. Gallegos
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` Janina Sajka
` Terry Klarich
` Amanda Lee
` Terry Klarich
` Kirk Wood
` Amanda Lee
` hardware sources Kirk Wood
` Amanda Lee
` Linux and High speed accessability Frank Carmickle
` Kirk Wood
` Amanda Lee
` Kirk Wood [this message]
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` Amanda Lee
` Terry Klarich
` Kirk Wood
` Kirk Wood
` Richard Villa
Dawes, Stephen
Holmes, Steve
` Amanda Lee
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