[WEB4LIB] Re: Cable Internet tech support

[Bob Rasmussen]

On Sat, 6 Feb 1999, c a denny wrote:

> Thank you for sharing your experience.  I am considering switching from an ISDN
> line to cable  for a small network (16 clients) for public access only.  The
> local cable company is supposed to provide free cable access and cable modem
> for local public libraries.  I have no experience using cable.  A computer
> engineer I know, however, thinks it is great for his home pc and might work for
> a small network.  Any advice would be welcome.

As previously discussed on ONE of the library lists to which I subscribe, I'd
recommend serious testing and consultation before a library switched solely to
cable modems. The architecture of this connection is heavily slanted toward
hooking up clients, NOT servers. That is, they're biased toward pumping data
INTO your facility, not OUT of it.

Regards,
....Bob Rasmussen,   President,   Rasmussen Software, Inc.

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