low-latency bandwidth for cheap?

Thu Aug 5 04:05:50 UTC 2004

Assuming your router supports it and assuming you are primarily 
browsing, not serving requests, you may want to try one of each. A 
low-end DSL and cable connection. The chances of both being flakey at 
the same moment are pretty low [in my experience] and your router should 
be able to detect fairly quickly if something is amiss.

Then again, I have seen at least 50% of the instability-with-DSL 
complaints in the last 1 year be related to a bad OS on a router or just 
a bad router that flakes periodically.

DJ

Jeff Wheeler wrote:

> 
> Thanks.  I suppose then I'm looking for good, and half and half of fast 
> and cheap, or if not then simply good and cheap and I'll accept the 
> lesser bandwidth.
> 
> -- 
> Jeff Wheeler
> Postmaster, Network Admin
> US Institute of Peace
> 
> 
> On Aug 4, 2004, at 5:42 PM, Robert Waldner wrote:
> 
>>
>> On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 17:25:43 EDT, Jeff Wheeler writes:
>>
>>> I'm getting somewhat frustrated with the instability and high latency
>>> of residential cable and DSL offerings, but I love the T1 or greater
>>> bandwidth they offer.  I'd like reasonable bandwidth with low latency
>>> without spending hundreds of dollars per month!
>>
>>
>> RFC 1925, 7a.
>>
>> cheers,
>> &rw
>> -- 
>> -- Dawn is nature's way of telling you to go to bed.
>> -- -> And to just stay there until the evil yellow
>> --    disk is gone again.
>>
>>
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