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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (2666)	12/28/1998 11:02:00 PM
From: ftth	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12823

Now that's the first article I've seen regarding "high speed" access with any accuracy or real-world truth. Funny thing though, even the people that have these "high speed" connections have been so successfully brainwashed by the providers' marketing hype that they'll swear up and down they're getting "lightning fast" downloads and that it's 100 times faster than their old telco modem. How does the old saying go....The human mind has the infinite power to rationalize....tell me it's a hundred times faster and by gosh I'll convince myself it's a hundred times faster...even if it's only 2! dh

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (2666)	12/31/1998 1:00:00 AM
From: George T. Santamaria	Respond to of 12823

That article is the product of a rank amateur (insultant, not consultant) who has never used or seen a cable modem or a xDSL hookup! I guess that he is still waiting for his connection. He states that the available bandwidth on a cable modem is the data rate divided by the number of users sharing the pipe. Hogwash! His analysis takes no account of the fact that the users are not continuously downloading pages or the fact that the average consumer is not on the web every minute of the day. He does not seem to be able to comprehend that the beauty of the cable modem is that the medium is multiplexed and that the average data rates for the average surfer are rather low. By the way, I am sending this rebuttal on a Cox cable modem and I am very thoroughly satisfied with the service. After 15 months in my neighborhood, there is no sign of strain in the network response time.