Re: Cable Modem speed (Was Re: [aclug-L] ISPs?)

["Clint A. Brubakken" <cabrubak@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

assuming multimedia cable roadrunner service is like warner cable
roadrunner then its dynamic. 

On Wed, 17 Mar 1999, Bob Deep wrote:

> Jonathan Hall wrote:
> > 
> > Regardless of the physical connection types, etc, I haven't heard ANYTHING
> > to say they WON'T be throttling bandwidth to a 128k maximum.  Has anyone
> > heard news to the contrary of this?
> 
> I heard a rumor that although they don't do this right from the start,
> they do monitor usage and will start to throttle you if you reach some
> high levels (by their standard) of usage...  The complaint I got was
> that they did not notify you of this, nor give you any direct way of
> knowing they are doing it.
> 
> Not a bad plan, though...  Label your top subscribers as "abusers"
> throttle their connections to unacceptable levels (for them) so they go
> elsewhere.. Then you can sign up 10 subscribers to take their place and
> spend less on infrastructure while collecting 10 monthly fees instead of
> 1.
> 
> I guess I am a bit cynical but hey.. This is the cable company who
> insists on charging me for the Home Shopping Channel and QVC while
> charging the originators of this programming too....  Must be nice ;)
> 
> Does anybody know if they issue you a static routeable IP address (or
> addresses) or do they use some dynamic scheme so their IP's float?
> 
> -= Bob =-
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