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To: brk who wrote (1010)	5/7/1999 7:21:00 PM
From: Mr Bones	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1434

> How do I know what level of service to expect > and at what charge ? Um, your questions are a little vague and I'm in over my head, so you get fuzzy answers. >....What makes one ISP > better than another and why do the rates vary for > what seems to be similar service. You get what you pay for...usually. > Can you have > too many subscribers sharing a dedicated isp line? Any finite resource can be stressed. I think the reason cable is more vulnerable to this is because the finite resource is the last mile (that is prohibitively expensive to upgrade). A lot of people share this resource. With xDSL you still share a pipe somewhere, but the sharing begins further upstream from the last mile which means the shared resource is easier to upgrade if/when it gets maxxed out. This is my limited understanding of it. Do some reading, report back to us, tell me I'm wrong or right -- I'd love to know. HTH Mr Bones