Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Virgin cable modems

On Thu, 2007-12-06 at 19:42 +0000, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
> In the USA, ADSL is much more reliable than Cable. The main problem
> with Cable is that your are contended with your neighbors for the
> bandwidth. With ADSL, you can choose how much contention you wish to
> have.

Not really, the choice is 20/1 or 50/1. Some providers can do 2/1 or
even 1/1 but that gets pricey.

Also just to add my 2p worth we normally refer to NTL/Virgin/Cable
routers as "broadband routers" or "ethernet routers" and ADSL as "ADSL
routers"


Regards

Wayne