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Topic: Which one
Posted By: pmormr
Subject: Which one
Date Posted: 13 June 2003 at 2:26pm
Sorry, the question was cut off . I have a webserver, which type of internet access should i get.

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Posted By: Mart
Date Posted: 13 June 2003 at 3:15pm
I use cable...


Posted By: KCWebMonkey
Date Posted: 13 June 2003 at 3:51pm

Depends.

Cable = can be faster than DSL, but can slow down during peak use hours

DSL = can be slower than Cable, but you can most likely expect the same bandwidth all the time.

Dialup = you have to be kidding me!



Posted By: pmormr
Date Posted: 13 June 2003 at 4:00pm

what do you mean "kidding". you don't think that a 56k modem could handle the strain of say 10,000 users    ???



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Posted By: michael
Date Posted: 13 June 2003 at 8:26pm
Sure it can, if does not time out and your visitors are the Senior Citizen Associataion

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Posted By: pmormr
Date Posted: 13 June 2003 at 8:31pm
and dead

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Posted By: Boecky
Date Posted: 20 June 2003 at 6:18am
DSL for sure! It's the most stable connection.


Posted By: Bluefrog
Date Posted: 20 June 2003 at 9:19am

Originally posted by Boecky Boecky wrote:

DSL for sure! It's the most stable connection.

Not. For stability you need to look into your ISP's networking equipment. If they have a mish-mash of vendors' equipment, stay away. If they have only a few vendors, you are much better off.

e.g. Major ISP 'A' has equipment from 7 vendors (for ADSL). They are the market leaders (due to good marketing campaigns, etc.). Major ISP 'B' has equipment from 2 or 3 vendors (also ADSL). They are number 2 in their market (I won't get into why). Stability: B wins hands down and anyone who has used both can tell you that.

(I don't want to embarass A, hence the A/B BS.)

Solution: Call up your ISPs, talk to a senior engineer, and find out what kinds of equipment they have.

As for cable vs. xDSL, it primarily depends on the cable ISP's policy regarding how many registrations they accept for a given node. If their equipment can 'handle' 96 connections, and they max it out, forget it. If they install another node after 60 registrations or so, then that's a lot better.

Again, call them up and find out.

Hope that helps.

 



Posted By: Bluefrog
Date Posted: 20 June 2003 at 9:20am
Oh yeah... and don't forget to ask them about blocked ports as well.


Posted By: pmormr
Date Posted: 20 June 2003 at 10:40am

define vender's equipment



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Posted By: Bluefrog
Date Posted: 20 June 2003 at 5:07pm
Vendor equipment is stuff like Cisco switches and the like. A 'vendor' is just a company. Not all equipment is compatible, so if they use different stuff from different companies, you end up with poor quality service.



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