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Michael Dracon
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Well, the fastest my profider can 'deliver' is 12.5 KBytes/sec . BUT, next year they are going to upgrade to COM 21, which can handle speeds of about 300 KBytes/sec .

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Michael Dracon
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Ignore this, bad joke.

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Dani
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I'll only be using cable as long as I have to...I'm just DYING to get on ADSL. 1-4 Mbps DL, and 240+ KBps UL.

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Michael Dracon
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Hmmm...
http://www.com21.com/products/ss02.html

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The speed programmable ComPORT cable modem delivers up to 10 Mbps to a user's PC and transmits upstream via RF at up to 2.56 Mbps, ...

These are Mbps, that translates to: 1280 KBytes/sec download and about 330 KBytes/sec upload speed.

(Added quote marks, I finally know how to do that.)
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Dani
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Yes, but would your provider support that? Isn't that like trying to connect at 56K with an ISP that only does 33.6?

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Well actually ASDL is slower than cable modems (I had a huge supported post to prove it but the post window timed out).

Here are two articles one pros and cons of cable modems and ASDL
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,318938,00.html

http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2155287,00.html

Ha this is what I was looking for
http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/callforhelp/answerstips/story/0,3650,2255790,00.html
http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/story/story_2627.html

Ok the fastest I ever downloaded anything off the Internet is 160KB (KiloBytes not KiloBits) per second, or for a refrence sake I downloaded the demo for Descent Freespace 2 off the internet in 6 minutes (that's a 59.8Meg file) {start time was 10:14am, finish time was 10:20 . Try to beat that .

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Aethelwer
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Raw speed generally isn't an issue, though, since your connection will only be as fast as whatever you're transferring stuff to and from.

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Michael Dracon
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Dani: They will probably support these speeds, because COM 21 isn't just the modem, it's the whole network.

The fastest I ever downloaded was 5 files at just over 40 KBytes/sec each at the same time, but that was at school, in the evening.

The fastest I ever saw, was at the helpdesk at my school, about 300 KBytes/sec continues speed, one single file.

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Dani
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I downloaded Netscape Communicator (15+ MB) in 37 seconds...*L*

Oh, and Whitestar, you find me a cable company that will give me a faster speed than ADSL and I'll be right there.

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