[X4U] Cable vs. DSL

[Bill Fox]

No resource but my experience of 3 years with cable (Cox in VA) then 1 
year with DSL (Covad via Earthlink in VA) led me back to cable (Cox in 
San Diego). Cable is/was much faster. DSL was a little cheaper but l 
could have paid much more than cable for faster DSL to roughly equal 
the cable speed. I also found that the DSL PPOE connection protocol was 
an occasional PITA for my router and network causing long outages.

I tried DSL because I could get it through Earthlink with 150 hours of 
emergency dial up while on travel for a little less than cable and I 
could pay a little more to get a static IP address, not offered by Cox 
cable in VA. I also thought it might be more reliable in VA since the 
phone system didn't go out as frequently during bad weather as cable 
did but outages were about a wash overall and DSL's outages were more 
frustrating. I didn't use the static IP and most places I stay while 
traveling now have a high speed internet connection available.

DSL can now be had for even less than cable but I still like the 
simplicity and speed of cable.

On Nov 10, 2004, at 11:53 AM, Chris Malanga wrote:

> I currently have cable internet (Earthlink thru Time Warner).  Sprint 
> is
> offering DSL for $24 per month in my area.  In trying to 
> compare/contrast
> the deal, I have found the waters quite muddy.  Does anyone have a 
> favorite
> resource for checking out cable vs. DSL?  I'd appreciate it.