I too have been using Comcast for 5 years. I pay extra fot an 8 MB download. I sometimes get a little more. You are also correct that the Comcast Modem crashes about once a month. I usually have to reboot my modem (unplug it). Not a big deal. I'm happy with this service. Yes, I know sometimes during peak hours my connection drops to half to about 4 MB. I can deal with that. I will not however go back to DSL. Yes, DSL provides a guaranteed bandwidth, but from my experience it's still too slow. I won't consider moving back to DSL until they provide a guaranteed 6 to 8 MB download speed. Just my 2 cents. -- Aaron Willems aaron at macmanifest.com http://www.MacManifest.com Spreading the Good Word about Today's Macintosh. > My answer is Cable modem. > > Perhaps it is peculiar to my locality, but I have fantastically fast > modem service through Comcast. When downloading from a fast server > (for example getting updated software from Apple), the peak DL rates > are something like 700 kBytes/sec, or 5.6 mbits/sec. That is > equivalent to about four T-1 lines. > > The average DL speed is of course less, but almost always 200kBytes > (1.6 Mbits) per second. That's about a T-1 line. The cost is about > $55 per month, once you get past the introductory offers (first month > $20, etc.) > > The people I know who are on DSL get a 'guaranteed' 396 kbit/sec rate > or about 50kBytes/sec. > > I don't know the price of DSL. > > DSL uses the same phone lines that your voice phone uses. (The local > telephone techs call this "flashlight wiring".) That is why you must > be within a certain distance (about three miles) from the nearest > telephone central station or repeater. > > The problems that Comcast had a few years ago have been solved. The > worst situation I face today is when, for some unknown reason, I find > my internet connection dead when I start up. I unplug the modem for > a half-minute or so, plug it back in, and things are fine. This > might happen about once a month. > > I live in the San Francisco Bay area on the peninsula about 30 miles > south of San Francisco? > > What is your experience? I would be especially interested in DSL > performance and price. > > Thanks! > > earle > * > _______________________________________________ > G4 mailing list > G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4 > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 >