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Posted by on March 18, 2006, 7:00 pm
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> >>> I use Fios and it is AWESOME! 15MB to the internet; ...
>>> Uh -- we've had 15MB connections to the net for the last year. And it
>>> isn't Verizon FIOS -- it's Cox over coaxial.
>> Downstream.
>> DOCSIS is must slower and less efficient in the upstream direction.
> Funny thing is, I get 5MB up.
Point of clarification. Are you folks really getting 15 megaBYTES (or
5 megabytes) per second upstream? I suspect you might really mean 15
Mb (megaBITS) or 5 Mb per second. I'm not trying to nitpick; the
difference between that capital B (= byte) and lower-case b (= bit) is
an entire order of magnitude. When you're comparing speeds like that,
sloppy misuse of units will leave your audience misinformed.
Bob Goudreau
Cary, NC
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