Re: tlug: Full-time inet connection

[tai@example.com]

uvacoder@example.com wrote:

uvacoder> > Which one seems best/cheapest/fastest?
uvacoder> > Is anyone using a full-time 'net connection
uvacoder> > and like to comment on what they are paying?
uvacoder>
uvacoder> My observed thoughput ranges from 18Kbps to 128Kbps,
uvacoder> while the advertised (theoretical) bandwidth for my
uvacoder> cable service is 128 Kbps for uploads and 3 Mbps or
uvacoder> more for downloads.

I'm using Tokyu-CATV for my network connection. It's a 24/7
service and costs \5,200 per month, or \3,400 if you're already
using CATV(TV-only) service.

Advertised bandwidth is 10Mbps (since you connect your PC to
CATV modem with 10BaseT Ethernet), and I can sometimes enjoy
speed of 2Mbps+ (200KBps+) bitrate especially in early morning.
This is almost the best you can get when sharing 10BaseT network
with multiple PCs.

I've been monitoring speed of this network for several month
and got average of 100Kbps-1Mbps, depending on time and date.

On the other hand, it seems more and more people are coming
to use this service, and I sometimes experience slow network
connection (near 1B-ISDN level) which is usually followed
by hardware upgrade to expand upstream network bandwidth.

>From what I read, internal network is connected by 622Mbps ATM
and upstream is 55Mbps to IIJ (it was like few Mbps about a year
ago).

Hope this helps.

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T. Yamada <tai@example.com>
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