[PLUG] dsl speeds

[Will Andrews]

On Tue, Oct 03, 2000 at 06:20:32PM -0500, Jason Dubrow wrote:
> Yes I know, 140k/s was off ethernet over a 386 router with 4mb ram in
> hawkins

CPU speed and RAM doesn't really matter for bandwidth.  ;-)
You could probably do 140KB/sec on a 286 with 512k of memory.  ;-)
Of course, that just brings the problem of finding such a machine that
will run a half-modern operating system.  ;-)

> year contract for free.  it is through verio. 

THere's your problem.. you get what you pay for.  Verio is by no means
even close to being a decent ISP.  I think I've compared it to
shit-eating maggots that live at the bottom of murky bogs in dense swamps.

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