|
Posted by Conan Kelly on November 8, 2007, 11:25 am
If you were Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options
Thank you.
I'm glad that I'm not the only one that read that as offensive and
condescending.
Thanks again,
Conan
> On Thu, 08 Nov 2007 06:06:25 -0500, "Elmo P. Shagnasty"
>
>>That's funny. Todd and I said the exact same things.
>>
>>And upon re-reading what I wrote, I find exactly nothing to support your
>>contention that I was "being such a dickhead and a brain dead moron".
>>Neither would anyone else.
>
> bullshit, your reply was condescending and offensive and if you can't
> figure out why from the tone of your reply, see a psychologist.
> "What, did you think you had an exclusive point to point connection
> with that remote web site, with your packets going over one set of
> wires like a switched telephone connection? With no one else sharing
> those same wires and that same web site?"
> You come off an arrogant egocentric hooray henry.
>
>>
>>The point is, this bit about "oh, DSL isn't shared, but cable is" has
>>been going around forever now. It's time to put that idea to rest. A
>>badly managed DSL service is just as bad as a badly managed cable
>>service.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Thanks ASSHOLE for being such a DICKHEAD and BRAIN-DEAD MORON.
>>>
>>> Todd H was smart enough to understand what I was asking and answered in
>>> an
>>> intelligent and polite manner.
>>>
>>> Todd H, thanks for your help. Sorry I didn't respond earlier.
>>>
>>> Elmo P. Shagnasty, G_ F_CK Y__RS_LF (wanna buy a vowel?)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> >
>>> >> I've heard that cable high-speed internet access is shared.
>>> >
>>> > dude, ALL internet access is shared.
>>> >
>>> > What, did you think you had an exclusive point to point connection
>>> > with
>>> > that remote web site, with your packets going over one set of wires
>>> > like
>>> > a switched telephone connection? With no one else sharing those same
>>> > wires and that same web site?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >> If I went this route, I could be sharing my connection with my
>>> >> neighbors,
>>> >> thus slowing my connection.
>>> >
>>> > You will ALWAYS be sharing your connection. Nothing is dedicated. It
>>> > all comes down to how well your provider manages the traffic.
>>> >
>>> > I presume you're talking DSL as an alternative. Well, do you think
>>> > your
>>> > DSL connection isn't shared? Sure it is! You don't have dedicated
>>> > links to remote web sites.
>>> >
>>> > It all comes down to where the connection is shared and how big the
>>> > pipes are and how well they're managed at the point of sharing. So
>>> > what
>>> > if you have a single pair of wires going to the phone company central
>>> > office? That central office is where all your neighbors' lines come
>>> > together with your line. You are SHARING that point of contact with
>>> > the
>>> > outside world.
>>> >
>>> > How big that point of contact is, determines how fast/reliable your
>>> > connection to the net is.
>>> >
>>> > It's ALL shared, no matter what. And any technology, be it cable or
>>> > DSL, can be managed well for its users or managed poorly.
>>> >
| 
NewsGroups 
Yahoo! 
Google 
Windows Live 
del.icio.us 
digg 
Netscape 
XML site map