[X4U] DSL versus Cable ??

[Kirk McElhearn]

On Mar 9, 2006, at 12:47 AM, Randy B.Singer wrote:

> I don't recall what speed my account is guaranteed to be, but I do  
> know
> that I send out an e-mail newletter to close to 6,000 subscribers,  
> and it
> used to take hours to send each issue out via DSL.  It took only  
> slightly
> less time when I first got cable modem service.  After I upgraded my
> cable modem service, I was able to send out my newsletter in only  
> about a
> half hour.

That's not a bandwidth issue, that's how fast the mail server  
responds. Usually, when sending an email to multiple users, the mail  
server has to respond to each address as it is sent.


Kirk

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