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ATHM 23.93+1.1%Nov 25 3:59 PM EST
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To: drmorgan who wrote (17155)11/19/1999 6:49:00 PM
From: tom offenbach  Read Replies (3) of 29970
 
drmorgan, your situation is likely a result of the local isp overselling it's connectivity. this is a great example to show the difference between HFC and DSL. today, and i say today because things might change as the market evolves, there is a difference in the network architecture of the two.

when a customer signs up for athm, they get athm as the isp and the 'loop provider - via the MSO's.' in this scenario athm manages the connection end to end and is responsible for maintaining integrity within their network...ie, not oversubscribing their upstream links.

when someone signs up for dsl, they get a dsl loop provider and an isp which are typically two separate companies with little influence over each other. in your situtation you have USWest as your loop provider and a local isp as your isp. chances are that your isp doesn't not maintain an aggregate amount of bandwidth relative to the amount they sell to dsl customers.

tom
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