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Originally Posted by BlueWire
Well, there is a specific reason for that. Cable shares the line with your surrounding neighbors so if some dickweed runs a server or something then everyone is slow....with all the P2P stuff going on its especially important...
...For those that want good downstream AND upstream....DSL is the only way to go for the home user. Right now Qwest DSL in Seattle is offering 5Mbps upstream and downstream for 50 bucks a month. So thats about 400KBps up and down
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DSL isn't an option for me because I'm so far away from the nearest central office (18,000 feet) that without repeaters the connectivity would be terrible. My brother had qwest dsl and could never get decent speeds and he was very near the hub.