From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from c716099-a.rchdsn1.tx.home.com ([24.7.105.70] helo=ignatious) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 1646ZO-0001vS-00 for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2001 15:23:38 -0500 Received: from cpt.kirk (helo=localhost) by ignatious with local-esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 1646Xt-0003fR-00 for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2001 14:22:05 -0600 Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 14:22:05 -0600 (CST) From: Kirk Wood X-Sender: cpt.kirk@ignatious To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Linux and High speed accessability In-Reply-To: <20011114111245.U95911-100000@server1.shellworld.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: 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. ======= 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