Date: Sun, 7 Jul 1996 16:50:00 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: troy@circle.net (Troy Arie Cobb) Cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cable vs. ISDN Message-ID: <199607070720.QAA26978@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960706232528.16197B-100000@demeter.circle.net> from "Troy Arie Cobb" at Jul 6, 96 11:31:02 pm
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Troy Arie Cobb stands accused of saying: > > All questions/issues of bandwidth aside, the real issue > as I see it w/ cable networking is that it is BROADCAST > ethernet. That is, every one in your cable-division (i.e. > all of those houses connected to the same switch > as you are) will get the same packets. Drop a wee little This is dubious. Ive seen no indication one way or another, but I'd imagine that you'd have to sniff the cable side of the box, not the inhouse side to see anything. > Know of any machine that can handle destination-based encryption on > the fly, fast enough to support 10MB/s? You're almost certainly typing on one. > all up. So, take heart ISPs! Just be ready to move quickly, who knows > when your local cable company might want to buy their access thru you? > Or consulting, too... :) Yup, have to agree here; I don't know about the USA, but the cable companies here don't inspire my confidence when it comes to service provision. 8( > Troy Arie Cobb -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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