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how long would it take to have reliable high speed access?

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RayEarth

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I've been using cable since of 1999. It's going to be three years now, and both dsl and cable have slowdowns, downtimes and often don't provide the rated speeds. Is there going to be any kind of new high speed access where downtimes or slug like speeds will be a thing of the past and is there a time frame on when a new option of more reliable connection high internet access will be available to the public?
 
It's here today. Just depends on your market. I had very good luck with cable - superfast and rarely down (maybe 2-4 hours every three months). Friends with DSL say the same, not as fast though.
 
Only time my cable has been down was when I cancelled my cable TV to get Dish and they cut off my Broadband. Only downtime I have had in past yr I have had it. Sometimes it slows down during peak hrs, but the slowest speeds that I have seen are still 3mbps. Optimum Online ROCKS! I usually get in the 4-5mbps range.
 
Like with everything else in life, you have to "pay to play". If you want consistent uptimes or high bandwidth, then you should look into more expensive packages for commercial use, rather than the crappy, run-of-the-mill consumer products for broadband.
 
Mmmmm.... Fiber Optic *Drool*

Ah well, ill be in college in 6 months, get my T3 then, that should keep me satisfied for awhile
 
I think the cable connection I get for $35cdn a month is a freakin steal! You want reliability you have pay the big bucks.
 
Fiberoptic is already being used for alot of transport. Most of the problem with broadband is the "last mile" concept.
Getting all the infrastructure in place to get the signal into your house is usually the issue. My guess would be that
this is fairly new to most of the companies offering it and there are always going to be growing pains.

As far as speed that's mainly a scalability issue. If 100 people in your neighborhood are streaming music and
downloading off some P2P client 24/7 then you will probably have slow speeds.

Downtime is an infrastructure issue. Since this is relatively new, they usually don't have multiple redundant systems
in place. This means that when an upgrade is made or a line is cut, your out of service for awhile.

These are just educated guesses, but someone with more knowledge could correct me if I'm wrong.

Edit: I have had cable broadband since 1999 and have had maybe a total of 1 day downtime. My power has been out more
than the cable service. We lost power for 2 days, luckily we were on vacation and it was warm outside. One thing I have noticed
is that the name servers go down every so often, but since I run my own caching name server I haven't been affected by that.
 
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