On Friday, in article
<cqhnd0tdmdb00mmrek9j4auronjj4d59ln@4ax.com>
austin@ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk "Austin Shackles" wrote:

> On or around Thu, 24 Jun 2004 23:08:45 +0100, "David French"
> <david.not.spam.french@virgin.net> enlightened us thusly:
>
> >"Austin Shackles" <austin@ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
> >news:1mjmd0tdvbieed74hme7d9jkdigd5lg7us@4ax.com...
> >> now that's something I didn't know. I'm not actually too displeased with
> >> the 64Kb ISDN dialup, I'm just ****ed off that it costs considerably more
> >> than broadband, albeit in fact, for 512Kb contended at 50:1, the actual
> >> guaranteed max service I get from this'n (128Kb) is in fact better.
> >
> >With Zen I've never had contention problems. If you clock a download and
> >work out the throughput, it's reliably 512Kbps, providing of course the
> >thing at the other end is up to it.
>
> I suspect that when everyone has broadband, this will end up being the
> limiting factor; server speed and server connection speed will govern how
> fast things happen. After all, that's where there are likely to be
> bottlenecks.

I hope websites don't start relying on the high speed.

I think the big advantage is that the connection is always live, without
tying up a phone line that could be used for a voice call. Unless you
do want live video, I don't think contention will be a problem for most
of us. Start a file download, and leave it to run.

(We drive Land Rovers -- we're not the sort of people who hurry)

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On or around Fri, 25 Jun 2004 07:50:53 +0100 (BST),
dbell@zhochaka.demon.co.uk ("David G. Bell") enlightened us thusly:

>I hope websites don't start relying on the high speed.

bet they will, buggrem.
>
>I think the big advantage is that the connection is always live, without
>tying up a phone line that could be used for a voice call. Unless you
>do want live video, I don't think contention will be a problem for most
>of us. Start a file download, and leave it to run.

mind the BT Home Highway (TM) here has 4 connections, 2 analog, 2 digital, 3
numbers and the ability to have any to connections concurrently active. 's
actually a nice setup, I just wish it weren't so bloody expensive - just had
the phone bill :-(


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On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 18:01:36 +0100, Austin Shackles
<austin@ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

>>I hope websites don't start relying on the high speed.
>
>bet they will, buggrem.

Well, some of us try to offer a choice. My little landie site has
thumbnails, then 800x600 images upon 'click'. The originals are
always available for those with a little more speed, though.


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