DSL service [was Re:TLUG Mail list archives?]

[CLIFFORD ILKAY]

On Friday 08 June 2007 15:02, James Knott wrote:
> Jeff Liu wrote:
> > Rogers is not DSL, it is cable modem link. From a book I read
> > years ago, a possible disadvantage for cable modem is if there
> > are many users in the same neighborhood,  the download speed can
> > be slow since downstream is done by broadcasting.
> >
> > I am not so sure about this, it is only some knowledge I get from
> > a book.
>
> No matter how you get your internet connection, at some point it's
> shared.  While with ADSL, you have a dedicated path to the CO, the
> line into the DSLAM (Digital Subscriber Line Access Module) shelf
> is shared.
[snip]

This is one of the reasons I find Sympatico ads so offensive. It is an 
outright lie that Sympatico users do not share bandwidth with their 
neighbours and I am surprised that the Competition Bureau or some 
advertising standards council has not called them on it. If they are 
really offering a dedicated 5Mb/s connection for $30 per month, I 
would like 20 of those at the colo facility where we have our servers 
please.
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Regards,

Clifford Ilkay
Dinamis Corporation
3266 Yonge Street, Suite 1419
Toronto, ON
Canada  M4N 3P6

<http://dinamis.com>
+1 416-410-3326
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