I'm sure everyone here is well aware of Shaw's heavily promoted new Internet plan that gives 150 mbps down / 15 mbps up / 1 TB data per month.
My big question is, are there any hiccups/hangups when this plan is used on 100 mpbs ports and hardware? A couple of my computers have 100 mbps (not gigabit) ethernet ports, and so does a router or two here.
Obviously my download speed will be limited to slightly under 100 mbps, but my big fear is that the requisite stop/start handshaking protocol (if I encounter a server that wants to send/stream at over 100 mbps) could hiccup and hangup things. I don't even know at which layer/level such a protocol would operate.
I've definitely had such hangups with stop/start handshaking protocols in the distant past, like with RS-232 serial.
Hartmut W Sager - Tel +1-204-339-8331