Originally Posted by
brendog
Cablevision's service is via a shared network, as are all cable providers. Your speeds will vary as other folks in the 'hood are on-line. FIOS, on the other hand, does not suffer from this.
ALL internet service is shared at some point, as you always have to get from your provider to the provider of the content as some point on the network. The only question is where that bottleneck will occur. I agree that it is more likely to be an issue with cable modems, but if their backhaul bandwidth is sufficient you may never notice that.