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To: KYA27 who wrote (3995)	1/29/1999 1:33:00 PM
From: KYA27	Respond to of 41369

This is a post on the ATHM thread. We had an interesting performance measurement today. A DSL line went into our office to replace the ISDN line. My partner ftp's a test file to our web server via ISDN and gets 158Kbytes/sec. He's impressed. Wow, he thinks, that's fast. Same file over the DSL line, 65Kbytes/sec. He sends me the results. This DSL line is a rip, he says, it's less than half as fast as ISDN. Er, says I, what's in that file you used to test with? That's one of your standard files full of zeroes, yes? (Silence) The ISDN line runs PPP which does data compression. The DSL line doesn't. Very interesting ...

To: KYA27 who wrote (3995)	1/29/1999 5:58:00 PM
From: Lee Martin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 41369

KYA27, Would you or some other knowledgeable techy answer the following question? I've got several PC's at home and at my small business, all with 56k modems using AOL. The only cable outlets I have are connected to my TV sets. I have phone outlets in every room. If I had the option to get broadband from cable or phone, wouldn't it be easier and cheaper to just replace my 56k internal modems with ADSL modems and reconnect the phone line, rather than rewiring my house and office with new cable lines and buying or renting external cable modems? In other words, I know cable modems are faster but that's not my only consideration. I think that 1mbps or whatever the speed turns out to be will be plenty fast enough for me. I'm more concerned with the initial cost, ease of installation and reliability. I assume the monthly fees for phone or cable will be similar and therefore not a factor in my decision. Thanks, Lee