| From: | Neil Bothwick |
| Date: | 19 Sep 2001 at 22:24:19 |
| Subject: | Re: [amigactive] Broadband (Cable and ADSL) |
Alexi said,
> i`m in UK so the the main things seem to be either cable with NTL
> (although i`m not in a cable area yet) or BT`s ADSL which i`m close
> enough to an exchange to get.
> NTLs cable is capped at 512kbs/128kbs and BT`s ADSL is capped at
> 500kbs/250kbs.
Most cable companies are actually capping their 512Mb services at 600.
ADSL actually gives a 576000 connect speed, leaving 512Kb/s after TCP/IP
overheads.
> so i`m just wondering which would be faster if they wasn`t capped and
That's a pointless question, since they will always be capped at some
speed. ADSL is currently available at 0.5, 1 and 2MB/s. The theoretical
maximum for the current UK ADSL setup is 8MB/s.
> what are the pro`s and con`s of them both?
ADSL is a better service, and more reliable is you use a decent ISP
(i.e. not BT). But cable is a lot cheaper. However, this is all moot is
only one is available to you :)
> also i suppose they wont work with a classic amiga without extra
> hardware being added so i`ll probably wait for an AmigaOne which
> should have no problems using broadband right?
Cable works directly with Miami or MiamiDx. All you need is a network
card. ADSL uses a USB modem, so you either need a router or an old PC
acting as a gateway. An old 486 desktop unit running Smoothwall will do
fine, it doesn't even need a keyboard or monitor once the software is
installed, all configuration and control is done through a web
interface.
Cheers
Neil
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