I would probably switch to cable if I could, but they just don't offer what I need. DSL is more versatile in options, because in most cases you end up back in the ATM/frame cloud. I don't remember exactly how it works, but for the most part it is like having a frame connection at your house.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Dawson, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 3:49 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: dsl or cable > > It depends on how many people are in your neighborhood and how the cable > company has the neighborhoods divided. > > I was the second person in my town to get cable. I was getting around > 5Mb/sec for quite a while. Then, as more people got on, it went down a > bit. Every now and then, the speed does improve when they do upgrades. > > dslreports.com has some good speed testing tools. On my wireless > laptop, I get about 1.5Mb/sec. On a hard-wired PC, I get over 3Mb/sec. > I know that the type of computer shouldn't make a difference since the > bottleneck *is* the cable connection, so I attribute the speed > difference to the differences in the hardware and how much wireless data > my Linksys can spit out versus the speed of the wired data. > > Cable has the capability "burst" speeds, but shared bandwidth. DSL has > a fixed top-end, but is not shared. > > I would still prefer cable over DSL from what I heard from a guy that > switched from DSL to cable. > > I would expect a phone guy to say DSL is better just as I would expect a > cable guy to say cable is better. > > M!ke > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:152253 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
