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So fast, even Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves can't keep up.

Speed Comparison Graph
 
Click Here to see a demonstration of the speed difference between a 56K dial-up connection vs a Cable High Speed Internet connection.

If you have ever experienced the speed of a dial-up connection to the Internet, you probably think that WWW stands for "World Wide Wait". With CMA High-speed Internet high speed Internet you will quickly learn why it is actually called the World Wide Web as you discover that the world of information is immediately at your fingertips.

Cable Internet access vastly outperforms most other common means of connecting to the Internet and will enable you to experience the best of what the web has to offer at the speeds it is designed to utilize.

Modem speeds are measured in kilobits per second (Kbps). To convert to kilobytes per second (KB/sec.), divide by eight - note the spelling "bits" vs "bytes". In the table below, each modem speed is shown along with the theoretical time required to download a 1 MB file, assuming the full transfer speed was achieved. Please keep in mind that these speeds are the theoretical possible speeds. Regardless of your Internet Service Provider, overhead and other natural inefficiencies of the Internet (such as web site server lag and general Internet congestion) often reduce actual performance by 5 percent to 20 percent for all users.

Line Speed Transfer Speed 1 MB Download  
14.4 Kbps 1.8 KB/sec. 9:28  
28.8 Kbps 3.6 KB/sec. 4:44  
33.3 Kbps 4.2 KB/sec. 4:04  
56 Kbps 7 KB/sec. 2:26  
64 Kbps 8 KB/sec. 2:08  
128 Kbps 16 KB/sec. 1:04  
512 Kbps ** 64 KB/sec. 0:16  
1,024 Kbps ** 128 KB/sec. 0:08  
**CMA High-speed Internet offers high speed Internet services at theoretical speeds of 512 Kbps and greater.

An extra benefit of cable high speed Internet is that you do not need a second phone line in order to avoid tying up the phone while you are on the Internet. Furthermore, a cable high speed Internet connection is always-on so as long as your computer is turned on, you have instant access to the Internet - no more waiting for the modem to dial-up, and no more busy signals.

So, what are you waiting for? Get CMA High-speed Internet high speed Internet access today.

 


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