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    My friend needs help.

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by madroxinide, Apr 15, 2007.

  1. madroxinide

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    Me and my friend have the same cable internet ISP, Same package, same speed, same price, same equipment (other than pc and router). My dowload speed is on average about 20 kilobytes a sec faster than his. He gets mad at this, and wants to fix it. We both have the "sharkfin" 3com homeconnect modem. Any ideas why mine is faster?
     
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    As I understand it, cable internet bandwidth in a neighborhood is shared among a group of about 10 households. The more people in your group with cable internet, the more it's divided. The less people in your group with cable internet, the less it's divided. That's why I got DSL which isn't shared out that way.
     
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    Well he lives a few miles down the road from me and there really isnt that many people around him..And my other friend that lives like 5 min walk down the road from him gets the same speed as I do with the same setup. Hes like an anomaly.
     
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    Zellio, Apr 15, 2007
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