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[James Knott]

Phillip Qin wrote:
> Hope your post won't cause another round of xDSL vs cable war.
> 
> I am not defending Sympatico, however Cable high speed bandwidth is (or 
> used to be) shared by you and your neighborhoods, xDSL is not. For 
> example, my Ultra ADSL is 3MB, I get 3MB download consistently, day and 
> night. When I was living in a rented townhouse in Scarborough, 
> landlord's Roger high speed is 3MB, in peak time (mostly evenings) I 
> would only get couple of Ks; after midnight, when everybody goes to bed, 
> I would get hundreds Ks.


I generally don't notice much slow down.  However, all the subscribers 
don't share the same 3 Mb download.  There are several channels 
avaiable, which (IIRC) run around 30 Mb or so, which are divided among 
users on an as needed basis, up to the 3 Mb limit.  Rogers will also add 
equipment, as demand grows.
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