[G4] DSL and Cable modems: Which is better?

[Crandon David]

You might want to consider dropping down to the regular consumer  
rates as the speeds have increased up to 6Mb/sec for about $35-45 per  
month.

David Crandon


On Mar 6, 2006, at 4:52 PM, Aaron Willems wrote:

> 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.
>
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> Aaron Willems
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>> 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
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