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I decided against cable because it will be a few months before I can get it
and cable is shared bandwidth. So if too many of your neighbors use it it can
deteriorate the speed considerably. Also, I think in my case the problems is
not really speed from me to the net. The net components/servers can impede
the speed.
Brian Massey wrote:
> What about cable modems compared to DSL? How many links there? I've been
> told speeds in cable modems rival T1 lines which would make it faster than
> most standard DSL installtions.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Allan Kaminsky [SMTP:allan@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 6:29 PM
> To: Jim Johnson; omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: interpretting PingPlotter
>
> Now you're seeing the side of Internet data delivery that DBC doesn't want
> to talk about.
>
> You know the one about how a chain is as strong as its weakest link. There
> are a lot of links between you and DBC's server.
>
> I have DSL here. I've seen failures in the Central Office, the ATM cloud,
> and upstream failures from there. There can be failures at the backbone
> provider, etc.
>
> If you put in a T1 line (upwards of $2K / month) which comes with a
> performance guarantee, you still are only guaranteed 99%. Think about the
> outages that reliability figure can cover. And that gets you 24/7 support
> with a 1 hour response time. Something you don't get with DSL.
>
> Compare that with the reliability of satellite. Obviously, a bird can (and
> has) go down. It's still orders of magnitude more reliable, which is
> something to ponder if your trading dollars are on the line.
>
> Allan
>
> At 07:57 PM 9/22/99 -0400, Jim Johnson wrote:
> >I'd appreciate any comments, suggestions about my Signal Online problem.
> >
> >I use DSL through BellAtlantic.net with a backup of Erols.com as ISP and
> >a 56K modem. Either wasy, I occasionally get fade outs of quotes. Of
> >course this usually occurs just after I enter a daytrade. the signals
> >returns after 30 seconds to 10minutes.
> >
> >When I run PingPlotter I show very good speed to each of the 10-20 hops
> >to DBC's server. When they run PingPlotter, they show good speed up to
> >2-3 hops from me and then long times causing "time outs". Of course
> >they say that is my ISP's issue. Seems to me what their data mean is
> >that their signal is not getting to servers "near" me.
> >
> >Is my interpretation correct?
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