[X4U] Cable vs. DSL

[Birgit Rhoads]

What I hear is that Cable is faster until all the school kids get 
online.  For some reason, this does not affect DSL.  There is little 
difference in price where I live, in fact, DSL is actually more costly. 
  I stick with Cable.
Birgit
On Nov 10, 2004, at 6:18 PM, Bill Fox wrote:

> 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.
>
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