Broadband overtakes Dial-up : DSL better than Cable.
Corey
What do you use? DSL or Cable? Have a preference?
Corey
Chris
I used to use Cable then went to DSL. So far, I like DSL better, as
there were times when the Cable modem would slow down tremendously
where as DSL has been consistent. People often say that Cable slows
down as more people in your area get on their cable modems at certain
times of day, others say there's no truth to that. Has anyone seen an
article/study saying anything about this?
Zach
Charter service scheduled to transfer this week. If any of you have had
the "pleasure" of dealing with Charter, you can guess that the
technician never showed up to connect service at the new location. So
long story short, I'm fed up w/ Charter and leaning toward DSL right
now, so I'd love to hear everyone elses input on DSL (BellSouth or
otherwise).
Eli
is no way I would switch from Cable. Yes sometimes Charter (or cable
company) is a pain but in my opinon they are the only people that offer
a product I can use. I did have quite an ordeal with them in 2004/2005
and it almost went to court and they cost me about 14,000 in lost wages
because of internet problems. However they gave me a 1.5 years free of
Internet, cable tv, and all the On Demand Movies I could buy and Fixed
the probelm.
At a company I do contract work for they have a Nice DSL line. It's
always up and down. And if anyone streams any music it bogs down.
Through the main Pipeline to Atlanta (Where Asheville's backbone runs
too) I get on my calbe 11800 kbps (kilobits - 11.8 megabits) down
that's about 1.3 Megabytes a second. From California I get 900
kilobytes per second and that's anytime of day. However if I am
download a song or video file it usually is coming in at 700 kilobytes
per second. All DSL testing I have done (even expensive lines) run
about 600 kilobytes per second at most.
But it's definatly not as cheap as DSL.
For some standard browsing it fine. If you have servers in your house,
game, extensive downloading, or watch live streaming HDTV off the
internet then only Cable can handle the bandwidth.
My two cents!
Corey
I can only say from our experience that when we had a cable modem a few
years back, it would have sudden slow times.
Given that and what Eli said above, it seems as if Cable offers the
fastest transfer rate, but DSL may be a bit more reliable. That's been
my experience.
Anyone else?
Chris
AT&T to offer $20 'naked' DSL service
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By Leslie Cauley, USA TODAY
Cheaper high-speed Internet service is coming.
Within a few months, AT&T is expected to start charging $19.95 a month
for "naked" DSL, meaning you don't have to buy any other AT&T (T)
service, including phone, to get that rate. It currently charges $45
for a stand-alone broadband subscription.
AT&T also is developing $10 DSL for new subscribers who also buy
AT&T-branded phone service.
For the full article go here:
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2007-01-15-naked-dsl-usat_x.htm