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Cable internet through USB Port?

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SaltyNuts

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I got a buddy whose network card went out, so the cable provider swiched the internet to run through the USB port rather than putting in a new network card.

Isn't USB MUCH slower than the cable modem? That is, isn't the maximum bandwith a USB port can handle much less than what a typical cable modem can supply?


What if he happens to have a USB 2 port? Is its bandwith sufficient?


Thanks alot!
 
USB is 12mbps, or 1.5 megabytes per second.

Much faster than a capped cable line, and slightly faster than even an uncapped cable line.

Viper GTS
 
USB1.x is plenty bandwidth-wise for even the fastest residential broadband, but it may utilize the host processor more often, and it's not as flexible as an ethernet modem would be (this won't matter if there are no plans to use more than one computer on the line). But as long as the CPU is at least ~400MHz I'd say it would be fine.

On USB2, it wouldn't be taken advantage of if the modem is not USB2 compatible, so the USB2 port would 'downgrade' to USB1.x.
 
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