[HM] Cable Modem Speed

[TheCraigLaw at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/30/2005 7:00:48 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
duanemurphy at mac.com writes:

> For example the previous writer said he was getting 3 Mb on cable. I
> have 4Mb on DSL. I know people who can get 6Mb on DSL. I expect the same
> is true of cable. DSL is highly dependent on distance to the central
> office. Cable can be limited by the number of people using the same cable.
> 
> So, compare speed to speed for the dollars to determine the best deals.
> 
> ...Duane

And (after calling my provider today) I learned it can depend on if your area 
of town has certain cable/DSL equipment or not...

After I was educated today by you fine listers(!), I called my cable 
provider. Turns out that the highest speed my provider offers is 4Mbps/512k upstream, 
but in MY area (Lawrenceville, Georgia) the fastest is 3Mbps/256k upstream. I 
was then told a sweet lie about my area being able to have the 4Mbps access 
"in about 4-6 months." 

(THAT sounded alot like a lie I was told 10 years ago, when my cable TV 
provider in Houston told me that my area of town could only access 30 cable 
channels for the same price per month that other, newer sections of town paid for 
100+ channels (before Digital Cable). That "4-6 month" time period lasted for two 
years...)

Anyway, not uncoincidently(!), I then called my local DSL provider, and found 
out that my area of Lawrenceville has fiber optic lines, so if i elected to 
get DSL, I would not need a DSL modem. They could not answer how far I was from 
the central office to determine what kind of speed I coudl expect, though...

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Atlanta GA
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