dsl/cable-cable

[Technomage-hawke]

On Tuesday 22 April 2008, storkus at storkus.com wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:18:40 -0700, "Matt Graham"
>

>
> One other problem we have here is that these people with laptops are
> often
> the most moronic of computer users.  I now know how an IT helpdesk
> feels. :(
> And I've also discovered the Big Box Store(R)'s IT help (Geek Squad et
> al)
> is more about suckering these poor people than actually doing real help.
hmmmm. I applied for work with them 3 weeks ago. they said they were hiring, 
but I haven't heard back. having seen this, I winder if my work ethic might 
be more a hindrance to them than not....

>
> As for how many users, like I said, I notice it even between just me and
> one other person (looking at PfSense's state table) if they're doing
> heavy
> web browsing.  Right now that's typical.  In the busy season, which just
> concluded, I've seen a half-dozen on simultaneously, and there's no
> reason
> why there couldn't be more.  If any of them are trying to do video or
> some other download, it slows the connection for everyone to a crawl.
> I've finagled the firewall the best I can, but the problem is the amount
> of data coming down is just saturating the incoming pipe and is out of
> my
> control.
that doesn't have a queue control on it does it (where you can limit BW and 
allow more acks out)?