For a given manufacturer and port configuration, hubs remains less expensive than the corresponding switches. Cost-conscious home networkers who do not use high-bandwidth applications (especially those with dial-up Internet connections) still have good reason to choose a hub for their network. The performance limitations of hubs will not be noticeable as long as the total amount of network traffic remains relatively low.

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