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I went to cable internet. Time Warner RoadRunner ...WOW. I mean WOW! It really is about as fast as anything I could have ever imagined and the installer was a delight...on time and did the deal fast. My son and bro-in-law did the dsl route and they say they do still have problems and getting hold of anyone on the phone is a complete joke. I am not one to ever endorse some new product, but this deal really is amazing. I know they will bump up the price like they did with Cable TV, but by then wer will have other choices, I hope. If you have not tried it, it is definitely delightful having bandwidth. Instant net! www.prestonmccall.com
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DSL is great, too! IF you sign up with the right provider!!! PC Mag top rates Earthlink and AT&T as the best and fastest! PacBell sucx! as do a few of the others! I guess "you pays yer money and take yer chances!"
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DSL ROCKS!!!!!!! Been on DSL since last June and got used to it. Currently on a dialup in Mexico and it is better than nothin... BUT I MISS MY DSL!!!!!!!!!!
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we have cable. The first 2 months were great. But the past 2 weeks have been terrible. We get disconnected at least 10 times a day. Last night I was on mIRC, and got disconnected 3 times. We are unable to get much help from AT&T as far as fixing the problem. We are switching to DSL.
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Sarah, yes you have to be within approximatelty 3 miles of a telco switching station for DSL.
However, DSL requires no special installation, just a box and a card to go in the PC, unlike cable where if you dont already have cableTV through the provider, they probably wont even let you subscribe to their internet services.
With cable internet, you still need a phone line.. not for internet use, but for normal phone use. DSL has the phone service AND internet service in one line, it even uses the existing telephone wires in your home.
Cable internet slows down as more of your neighbors subscribe to the service, whereas DSL does not.
------------------ Mike Pipes -----trapped in a box with a computer and a slice of cheese-----
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I've had cable internet for a long time without subscribing to cable tv. Just recently I decided to get cable tv too.
Around these parts, both the phone and cable companies are guilty of blantantly misleading advertising, and it makes me quite upset every time I hear the ads. From what I've seen from the U.S., it looks like the same situation.
A lot depends on the service provider, for cable or DSL. I've got no complaints with the cable in my area. I have bandwidth of 3 megabits downstream and .4 megabits upstream (380kB down / 50kB up) I don't think DSL is near that fast here at a consumer's price. As for all the slowdowns I keep hearing I'm supposed to suffer through, I sure haven't noticed any. If there is slowing down occuring here, I bet it's still much faster than the DSL here. The cable network is completely scalable, so if there is a heavy load in a "neighborhood", they can easily add to the network and split the load. A good ISP will do that. I have heard of some pretty poor cable speeds in areas in the states though... and I do believe that 1.5 megabits per second is a more common speed for cable.
Apparently, DSL slows down the farther away you are from the switching station. DSL subscribers also run into the same net congestion everyone else does after it actually connects to the internet. (the ads here seem to lead you to believe that you always get maximum throughput to every server on the net)
Both are always on connections, and if you have a static IP address, they are both equally as vulnerable to security attacks. A hardware or software firewall should be in use for either one. When cable was first introduced, there were security problems where it was true that your neighbors could go through your computer if you had your computer set up to share your files. That hasn't been the case for a long time.
The cable companies have you believe that DSL is still a slow connection, which isn't at all true either. I wouldn't hesitate to get DSL, because I hardly ever use my full bandwidth now anyway, and when I do use my full bandwidth, it's usually from numerous servers at the same time. It's rare to find a single server that delivers over 200kB/sec. Most of the time my computer is sitting idle anyway while I view web pages or type out long messages. heh heh
Most of the need for internet speed is for viewing web pages, and I think both cable and DSL are quite fast for that.
There are benefits and drawbacks to both, but the real issues seem to be too technical to throw into a thirty second ad. Such is life, I suppose...
------------------ Bob Darnell London, Ontario, Canada _______________________
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