Some questions

[InsaneMorphius]

1: Cant help ya with that one
2: Check here in the Overclocking Forum(Basically, its adjusting either your Front Side Bus or Muliplier of your CPU on your motherboard to achieve a speed thats higher than the rated speed of the CPU installed)
3: Speed, Speed, Speed. T-1 is a super speedy connection to the internet, intranet, LAN, WAN....yada yada. Anyhow, its only for business, and very expensive, so much so that the average joe could not possibly afford it.

Morphius

[Warthog]

Thanks for your help guys! I have one more additonal request though: Could you tell me what the opproximate download speeds per second of Cable and DSL? Dominus, is that the speed per second of the T1, T2, T3?

Warthog

[Warthog]

I've got a few questions for you guys/gals.
(1) What's the difference (if any) between the programming languages True Basic and Visual Basic?
(2) What's overclocking and how do you do it?
(3) What's the difference between Cable and DSL (looking for numbers)? What's T1?

These some of these questions have been bugging me ever since I started coming to this board.

Thanks,
Warthog

[Dominus]

1.) I'm no programmer, and though I've had experience with both those languages, I won't answer this question in fear of mucking it up.

2.) Overclocking is the art of running your CPU/RAM/Vid card, etc. at a higher frequency than the part is marketed for. For instance, my Athlon 600, which is rated by the manufacturer at 600MHz, is now running at 666MHz.

It is a skill that takes a lot of reading, and trial-and-error, but it is usually successful in squeezing a few more ounces of power out of your components.

3.) ADSL stands for Asyncronous Digital Subscriber Line. It is a high speed internet connection that runs over traditional copper phone lines that your telco already has in place. It does not take up your line (i.e., your phone is still usable while online), and is fairly reliable/fast. Bandwidth is dedicated, and doesn't change with the number of people online in your locale.

Cable on the other hand, is a high speed internet connection that runs over hybrid coax/fibre-optic systems that your cable company owns. It is often slightly faster than xDSL, but is typically more troublesome. It's bandwidth is shared, meaning if your neighborhood has a 20MBit node, and 20 people in your neighborhood are online, then you each get 1MBit. However, if 40 people are online, then you each get 512KBit, or half the speed.

A T1 is a 1.5MBit dedicated hardline that your Telco suppies to you. It is VERY expensive, and usually only large businesses/small ISPs use them.

T1 = 1.5MBit
T2 = 3MBit(?)
T3 = 45MBit


How's that?


~edit: forgot about T1

[This message has been edited by Dominus (edited 02-04-2000).]

[netsurfer]

DSL speeds range quite a bit. In fact, it's got a basic bandwidth vs. price ratio. The more you pay, the more bandwidth you get. Also, depending on where you live and what telco/ISP's serve you will determine the price.

Cable, generally is rated at 1.5mbps down, and 128-300kbps up. Although I know people on east coast who easily get more than 300kbps upload... Also, by no gaurantee are you going to get 1.5mbps down. In fact, it's pretty rare unless you're downloading off some t3 or oc-3+ webserver with excellent NAP connections. Otherwise, expect about 400-800 kbps on ave.

T1 maxes out at 1.544mbps (that's megabits per second), T2... mm, it's not too mainstream so I wouldn't delve into it. T3 maxes out at 45mbps, but many ISPs serve fractional T3 starting at 3mbps with increments of 3mbps... and it will vary.

Don't forget about OC-3, OC-12, OC-48, OC-96 and the mighty OC-192. wooo fear it's bandwidth wrath. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[Dominus]

300k upload?? Ha!

Feel the unbridled fury of my 1MBit DSL!

Thats 1MBit both ways!!

http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif