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Cable Internet service is shared. In other words, if all your neighbors get online, your service slows down.

3 posted on 08/19/2011 4:33:44 PM PDT by rabscuttle385 (Live Free or Die)

To: rabscuttle385

That’s right about when our cable started to slow down, too. We switched to dsl.

5 posted on 08/19/2011 4:35:18 PM PDT by bboop (Stealth Tutor)

To: rabscuttle385

Cable Internet service is shared. In other words, if all your neighbors get online, your service slows down.

Also, keep in mind that the same cable is carrying not only your internet but your TV programming.

22 posted on 08/19/2011 5:42:41 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (When you've only heard lies your entire life, the truth sounds insane.)

To: rabscuttle385

Cable Internet service is shared. In other words, if all your neighbors get online, your service slows down.

Only if your A-hole provider oversells their bandwidth.

Funny thing, when I sell to my clients, I can't say well, I'm charging you for 100 pieces, but I've oversold my inventory, so I'm going to give you 80 pieces and still keep your money.

I don't go along with that crap. When the ISP doesn't have the bandwidth to provide the speed it is charging you for, it should be forced to stop selling bandwidth. It's no less robbery than going into a gas station which charges you for 10 gallons and gives you five because it wants to sell gas to everyone even if it doesn't have the gas.

26 posted on 08/19/2011 6:07:07 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ( If you can remember the 60s....you weren't really there)

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