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Cable

Authored by: Tony on Wednesday, August 14 2002 @ 07:40 am EDT

I gave up on my local cable provided for net access because the decided to a) go to DHCP and b) filter ports 80 and 443. Now I\'m on a 256KB (no throttle) DSL line with two static IP\'s and no limitations as to what I can do with my server.

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Cable

Authored by: isol8 on Wednesday, August 14 2002 @ 09:49 am EDT

how big is the difference in speed and reliability tony?
i have cable now, and they also switched us to dhcp and filtered port 80.
but i just forwarded traffic to another port to all files i link to on my local server.
and their dhcp lease times are a day or so, and i\'ve retained the same ip for over 6 months now.

Cable

Authored by: Anonymous (Anonymous User) on Sunday, September 08 2002 @ 09:18 am EDT

Most corporations will not allow you to point your browser to a webserver on ports other than the standard 80 and 443. Therefore just hosting a webserver on another port is not an option for other than the most superficial hobby use.

I\'ve had cable and now on DSL and frankly see no difference in performance. I dont think there are any general technical reasons why one should be better than the other. Of course connectivity always depends on the ISP\'s connectivity.

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