Just made a download at 40kbps with dial up!!!

[Elektro]

KennyR wrote:
But doesn't cable take a performance hit if lots of people in your neighbourhood are downloading at once?

Not really if the network is designed as it should be nothing slows down. And ADSL has the same problem too. You have your own connection to the DSLAM central but if the network from there to the ISP is full the speed will drop down too.

[Elektro]

I see no proof of this supposed 'cable problems'. Since i changed my ISP from the monopolistic 'Telekom' (which btw. now aggresivily markets ADSL) to the cable company my cable flies again. No problems at all. The reason why ADSL is getting so popular is just because phone companies already own the phone network which has 10 times better distribution than the cable network. Monopoly all over the place.