[HM] Cable Modem Speed

[Jane Sprando]

Why wouldn¹t you need a DSL modem?

Jane



From: <TheCraigLaw at aol.com>
Reply-To: "A place to discuss Macintosh Computers in the home."
<homemac at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 22:24:16 EST
To: <homemac at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
Subject: Re: [HM] Cable Modem Speed

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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