'Shared' Cable Connection

[imcool]

What exactly is a shared connection (not the one shared by lan but the one given by cable operators), ie how it works, what impact it has on claimed speeds, etc... Please help.

 

[theraven]

hmmm
ill explain as easily as i can
the thing is they'll have this one line ... with a speed of say T1 ... thats ard 44 mbps ...
each line has channels ...
usually of 64kbps each
these are the B channels !!
now sharing means these channnels are assigned to various ppl ...
meaning one line is SHARED between multiple users
each CHANNEL having a set bandwidth

 

[FilledVoid]

the thing is they'll have this one line ... with a speed of say T1 ... thats ard 44 mbps ...

I think a T1 is 1.5 Mbps and a t3 is 44Mbps . I believe that frame relay follows the shared connection example and not T1

meaning one line is SHARED between multiple users

Hence more people online = lesser bandwidth for you (lesser speed)

Hope this helps

 

[imcool]

Well, i was going thru a brochure and the price for 128 kbps shared was 300 (unlimited) and that for 1:4 shared was 6000 (also 128 unlimited), what does this imply?

 

[pradeep_chauhan]

This means that a bandwidth of 128K is shared between 4 users (1:4) and baed on the usage of the other three persons you will get the data rate. As the number of shares increase the cost of the connection goes down.

 

[theraven]

yeah i got my speeds wrong i guess
i never remember them anyways
thanx exx