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PL
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Wed Jul 27, 2005 4:20 pm Post subject:
1Mpbs vs 512 kbps |
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Hi all,
I currently have 4 512Kbps ADSL lines for internet access. I am thinking
of switching to 2 1Mbps lines instead, which will save us in therms of
monthly line rental and using 2 adsl router instead of 4.
I managed to figure out only one main drawback: both the 512 kbps and
1024 kbps have only 128 kpbs upload, which would cut our upload
bandwidth by half when switching to 1024.
Are there anything else I should be concerned about and caveats I have
overlooked?
Thanks for your help. |
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Frankster
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Wed Jul 27, 2005 4:20 pm Post subject:
Re: 1Mpbs vs 512 kbps |
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I think you have assessed it pretty accurately.
-Frank
"PL" <parasiteslost@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Hi all,
I currently have 4 512Kbps ADSL lines for internet access. I am thinking
of switching to 2 1Mbps lines instead, which will save us in therms of
monthly line rental and using 2 adsl router instead of 4.
I managed to figure out only one main drawback: both the 512 kbps and
1024 kbps have only 128 kpbs upload, which would cut our upload
bandwidth by half when switching to 1024.
Are there anything else I should be concerned about and caveats I have
overlooked?
Thanks for your help. |
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Marilyn & Bob
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Wed Jul 27, 2005 9:23 pm Post subject:
Re: 1Mpbs vs 512 kbps |
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The only thing you should be careful of is that the actual speed of the
nominal 1024K line is really twice as fast as the nominal 512K line. On
another point, however, logic (but not specific knowledge) tells me that you
should be much better off with the new setup. You will get up to twice the
download speed (and the same upload speed) as you currently get as long as
both computers are not uploading/downloading at the same time. As most of
the time one is typing before upload or reading what has just been
downloaded, you usually will get the benefit of the doubled speed.
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Peace,
BobJ
"Frankster" <Frank@SPAM2TRASH.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | I think you have assessed it pretty accurately.
-Frank
"PL" <parasiteslost@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
news:1122470813.830799da1ac9fbe2e1a9bb154e36b9a8@teranews...
Hi all,
I currently have 4 512Kbps ADSL lines for internet access. I am thinking
of switching to 2 1Mbps lines instead, which will save us in therms of
monthly line rental and using 2 adsl router instead of 4.
I managed to figure out only one main drawback: both the 512 kbps and
1024 kbps have only 128 kpbs upload, which would cut our upload
bandwidth by half when switching to 1024.
Are there anything else I should be concerned about and caveats I have
overlooked?
Thanks for your help.
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Frankster
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Thu Jul 28, 2005 4:20 pm Post subject:
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Yes, but still he needs to be careful about the upload speed if that is
important to him. on the new faster downloading system, he will have 50% of
the computers all trying to use the same 128kbps upload pipe. On the old
system there were only 25% of the computers on each 128kbps upload pipe.
If there is an externally available web server on this network for instance,
the split bandwidth approach would still be much better. The web server
could be on one 128k segment and the users on the other three segments. If
there is an externally available mail server, same thing, etc.
I don't think we know enough about his network to be sure of anything.
-Frank
"Marilyn & Bob" <privacy@nospam.please> wrote in message
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| Quote: | The only thing you should be careful of is that the actual speed of the
nominal 1024K line is really twice as fast as the nominal 512K line. On
another point, however, logic (but not specific knowledge) tells me that
you should be much better off with the new setup. You will get up to
twice the download speed (and the same upload speed) as you currently get
as long as both computers are not uploading/downloading at the same time.
As most of the time one is typing before upload or reading what has just
been downloaded, you usually will get the benefit of the doubled speed.
--
Peace,
BobJ
"Frankster" <Frank@SPAM2TRASH.com> wrote in message
news:ftednevVlOEaNHrfRVn-ow@giganews.com...
I think you have assessed it pretty accurately.
-Frank
"PL" <parasiteslost@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
news:1122470813.830799da1ac9fbe2e1a9bb154e36b9a8@teranews...
Hi all,
I currently have 4 512Kbps ADSL lines for internet access. I am thinking
of switching to 2 1Mbps lines instead, which will save us in therms of
monthly line rental and using 2 adsl router instead of 4.
I managed to figure out only one main drawback: both the 512 kbps and
1024 kbps have only 128 kpbs upload, which would cut our upload
bandwidth by half when switching to 1024.
Are there anything else I should be concerned about and caveats I have
overlooked?
Thanks for your help.
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Press2Esc
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Thu Jul 28, 2005 10:52 pm Post subject:
Re: 1Mpbs vs 512 kbps |
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From a practical perspective, keep in mind the upload speeds are reall
only applicable to servers. 95%+ of what of what most internet user
do is surf... Think about it, how much bandwidth do you need to clic
(upload) a url such as http://www.yahoo.com???
P2E
Q: If applicable, I would be interested to knowing what you are usin
to "combine" your (4) dsl modem services.
Marilyn & Bob Wrote:
| Quote: | The only thing you should be careful of is that the actual speed of the
nominal 1024K line is really twice as fast as the nominal 512K line
On
another point, however, logic (but not specific knowledge) tells m
that you
should be much better off with the new setup. You will get up to twic
the
download speed (and the same upload speed) as you currently get as lon
as
both computers are not uploading/downloading at the same time. As mos
of
the time one is typing before upload or reading what has just been
downloaded, you usually will get the benefit of the doubled speed.
--
Peace,
BobJ
"Frankster" Frank@SPAM2TRASH.com wrote in message
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I think you have assessed it pretty accurately.
-Frank
"PL" parasiteslost@bigfoot.com wrote in message
news:1122470813.830799da1ac9fbe2e1a9bb154e36b9a8@teranews...-
Hi all,
I currently have 4 512Kbps ADSL lines for internet access. I a
thinking
of switching to 2 1Mbps lines instead, which will save us in therm
of
monthly line rental and using 2 adsl router instead of 4.
I managed to figure out only one main drawback: both the 512 kbps and
1024 kbps have only 128 kpbs upload, which would cut our upload
bandwidth by half when switching to 1024.
Are there anything else I should be concerned about and caveats
have
overlooked?
Thanks for your help.-
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