Re: [cobalt-users] How many can I host on a T1 Line (Cobalt 4)

[Brent Sims <bs@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, Nicolae wrote:

} Although Business CABLE Modem program might just appear in my neighborhood.
} I just wish they get it out sooner.  For extra a month they will provide
} higher speed Cable access for business usage.  If I get T1 access via
} my Cable company using their Business program for about $150/month I
} wouldn't mind using them.

Hi Nicolae,

	I think it important for you to know that you are not
talking T1 here but Cable. There's a huge difference beyond that
which is obvious. Cable technology is very similar to that which is
used to create a network in a home, office or a data center.
Basically, "neighborhood" groups of Cable users share something akin
to a port on a Ethernet hub or switch. Regardless of what the label
"Business" may imply, realize that every user in the group that your
cable connection is in will have the kind of access to your bit
stream that will allow them to easily sniff traffic and passwords.
Even the like's of SSH won't protect you. I have a sniffer here
which will sniff the ports on all of our switches and across
the switches themselves and which gives me the plain text version of
more than enough supposedly secured passwords to make it more than a
bit difficult for me to sleep at night.

	I'm not saying that you shouldn't do this. Quite the
contrary in fact. We started on a DSL connection and today, just
three years or so later, we've got better connectivity and more
of it than all the local ISPs that helped us get here have. Knock
yourself out, and the best of luck to you. If I, a complete idiot,
can do it someone as sharp as you won't have a bit of trouble. I am,
however, suggesting that if you are going to be getting paid for
hosting web sites than you really ought to be thinking about at
least starting with a T1 kind of T1 and a real network behind it.
Today a nice solid fractional T1, powered by a reputable National
provider can be had for about the same price as the DSL connection
we started on - which wasn't a whole lot more than that Cable
connection you envision is going to cost you.

	Peace be with you,

	Brent Sims
	WebOkay Internet Services, LLC
	http://www.WebOkay.net
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