Is this claim true, or not?

[Jonathan Hutchins]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Seth Dimbert [mailto:s.dimbert at fhmr.com]

> So? What's the deal? Is it true, or not? I'm currently using 
> DSL and getting 162 kbp download and 105 kbp upload. TWC tells 
> me that they will give me
> speeds higher than this. Once and for all, is it true?

TWCKC/RoadRunner will give you higher speeds than this.

Every system has a bottleneck somewhere.  No matter that your DSL line is
supposedly direct-to-switch, while my cable modem is only direct-to-pole,
they both converge somewhere.

Typically, with RoadRunner you're going to see bottlenecks in the backbone
and at remote servers before you see them on the local loop.  I get uploads
of about 400Kb/sec, downloads up to 3M (3,000K) but typically much slower
because of the remote server.  A system I have that is essentially on the
backbone doesn't get any better.