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[Sotos]

I am no networking expert but I know you can get some not so expensive router that you can put an upper limit on the bandwidth that each of the client computers can use. I find it hard to believe that neither Cyta or the ISP will do this and let the bandwidth check just on your modem!!

[Crivens]

Yeah, I'm guessing it is an ID either hardwired into the MiVision box (ie. aha it's the mivision box, allow 3mbit) or into it's software. If you could emulate the hardware and the software (or perhaps just the software depending on it's setup) of a MiVision box on your PC then basically the router wouldn't know any different. It would be like using a Virtual machine. The software, router, whatever, wouldn't know the difference as long as everything was emulated perfectly. While this would then mean you could basically get the MiVision package on the PC rather than the MiVision box, the next step of using the bandwidth would be the very hard part. I mean even if you worked it out then Cyta could just check their users to see if MiVision boxes were doing something they shouldn't. I mean MiVision shouldn't be downloading the latest DirectX for example, or even going outside the Cytanet domain. Would be very easy to close down (much like some ISPs do with Torrents).

It's all just talk though. While I would imagine it is possible there is no way someone will come up with it. Just not enough people. But if there were, and MiVision was at the level of Tivo or somesuch gadget, then something opensource would happen. Look at XBoxes and using them as media streamers (which you shouldn't be able to do) for example. Then again if MiVision was at Tivo level then Cyta probably wouldn't be holding us all back at 1mbit.

Cheers

[kikouas]

http://ioannis.mpsounds.net/blog/?p=35 see that

[greek.god]

What speedup rumor is that? I didn't hear anything!!

According to CYTA, this summer or early fall, speeds will increase by 50% at no cost to those of you who have I-choice 1000 or higher.

[Crivens]

According to CYTA, this summer or early fall, speeds will increase by 50%

Where did you hear that? Good stuff though. Although 1.5mbits is hardly breaking any records, hopefully it will kick things off to more increases in the near future. From your sentence though you could say it could also mean that while 50% speed increases are free for I-Choice 1000 and above, perhaps higher increases could be obtained for a price perhaps. Hopefully so. I don't mind paying a bit more for, say, 4mbits, just laughable if it got into the hundreds of pounds.

Out of interest, what is higher than I-choice 1000? Do they mean business accounts?

Cheers

[englezos]

Ive managed to obtain a 4mebabit connection, and i registered with a 1.0mbit connection

Love the 500KB/s download speed

I even have pics if u dont belive me

[AcrylicZ]

Well How can we get the 4mbps connection ? any instructions ?