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[Rick Welykochy]

Kim Holburn wrote:

> What does 12 megabit download speeds actually mean?  Shared by how many people?

Exacto. Visiting my brother's place in Canada, I was using his Shaw Cable
Internet connection. That cable carries HDTV, analogue TV, and Internet for
a neighbourhood loop.

Billed at 25 Mb/s+, in the evening when the locals are home watching TV and
surfing the net, the speed crawls to a snail's pace.

A three-minute YouTube video took over 15 minutes to download.

It amazes me that Shaw can get away with such flakey advertising.

cheers
rickw

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