If I may ask - if you have fiber lines to your home, why are you using cable? Are Comcast's services really that excellent, or are FTTP-type connections not yet available (or reasonably affordable) in your neck of the woods?
- Jim Jim Davis wrote: >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Paul Ihrig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 2:49 PM >>To: CF-Community >>Subject: dsl or cable >> >>ok, been having a heck of a time with my current isp Time-Warner >>just trying to switch locations from apartment to house. >>they have deleted my account now TWICE in 2 weeks! >> >>i just wanted to change a date of install, and they deleted my account. >> >>so for a game junkie, which is better? >>dsl or cable? >> >> > >Honestly I doubt it matters. > >In general cable is slightly easier to set up (no line filters or dial-in >information) but that only matters for the first 20 minutes. > >I've been using Comcast for years and love it (and they've just increased >the basic bandwith limits to 4mb downstream from 3). Lots of features and, >surprisingly, a really well done service home page and toolset. > >At the same time I've used Time Warner and RCN cable services as well and >never had many problems (although the level of service didn't match >Comcast). Comcast has remarkably good usenet service (via GigaNews), free >Disney online for the kids, free Rhapsody (if you like that) and tons of >video clips and movie trailers. > >In my neighborhood (outside Boston) we can't get DSL (all fiber lines) but >my parents have had DSL from two companies in Houston and speed has been >okay but service from Southwest Bell has generally sucked big time (lots of >drop offs and no extras). However my mom-in-laws Verizon DSL service in >Upstate NY has worked gloriously for her. > >I'm in a VERY high density area and although I've been told numerous times >that my speeds would "slow down because I'm on a shared pipe" it just isn't >true. The sheer bandwidth available via cable (especially on a fiber >infrastructure) is just so damn high you'll never see significant slow-down >due to customer density. > >For both DSL and Cable the most significant point of potential slowdown are >the head-end routers and the computer's you're connecting to. You'll never >see 4mb/second download times from any computer out there, but with a total >of 4mb/second to play with you can do lots of things at once and not notice >a drag. > >Basically I'd go with whatever cheapers ann easier for you - a lot of your >decision might be based on where the computer is in relation to the jacks in >the house. ;^) > >Jim Davis > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:152258 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
