[luau] Road Runner Vs. DSL revisited

Richard Steele richard at easycomp.com
Wed Apr 23 12:13:01 PDT 2003


Security can be another issue. RR is like being on a LAN, as you share a
common node with users using the same block of IPs. Not that DSL is not
subject to hacking, but Cable is a bit more vulnerable.

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From: luau-admin at videl.ics.hawaii.edu
[mailto:luau-admin at videl.ics.hawaii.edu]On Behalf Of Vince Hoang
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 11:29 AM
To: luau at videl.ics.hawaii.edu
Subject: Re: [luau] Road Runner Vs. DSL revisited


On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 10:41:26AM -1000,
Michael_Bishop/FARRINCS/HIDOE at notes.k12.hi.us wrote:
> From my research and my experience. DSL is slower, but has a
> consistent download/upload time. Road Runner is faster on the
> download, but it has lag which can be horrible is your gaming
> or doing realtime things like webcams and voice over net.

My experience is the same. Use RR for leaching. Use DSL for
constistent latency.

> There are a few websites online that can rate your connection
> speed. There are also some free programs that can help tweak
> your connection, which I've tried with no real gains.

I believe those programs mostly adjust your MTU. That had a more
profound effect when using dial-up. You notice less gains over
broadband.

-Vince
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