I'm the furthest from an expert, but in the past have dabbled in both the
DSL and Cable. I've stuck with cable.
Cable uses a first come first served model of delivery. Telcos usually
use a capped bandwidth, or a "you get what you pay for" model.
I've seen the slow down on cable and found it usually is in the winter
months. What this has to do with it I don't know.
More people are online in the winter. It tends to saturate the head
end of a cable service.
While I know cable companies receive their signals over satellite, I don't
know if this is how they transmit their web service.
It isn't. They operate over landline, coax instead of twisted pair as
is increasingly becoming uncommon with telcos.
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From: "Jeff Miles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 12:48 AM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] I'm so confused...need simple instructions. was:Re:
[CGUYS] ATT DSL ok? Update
I'm the furthest from an expert, but in the past have dabbled in both the
DSL and Cable. I've stuck with cable. I have absolutely no qualifications
in this, but only what I've been told. Cable works in blocks and
depending on how many people are connected to your block at the time you
are surfing, or whatever, will depend on your speed. I live in a small
city of about 200,000 and the "block" is probably about 1 square mile. In
a large city like New York the block could be one building. Anyway, the
DSL providers I've talked to said (or tried to sell me on) that DSL is a
constant speed, while cable fluctuates. I've seen the slow down on cable
and found it usually is in the winter months. What this has to do with it
I don't know, but we get bad weather here and it always seems to happen.
I did switch over from cable TV to Direct TV and had to go out and brush
off my disk. It was caked in snow and interrupting the signal. While I
know cable companies receive their signals over satellite, I don't know
if this is how they transmit their web service.
Jeff M
On Dec 15, 2007, at 8:43 PM, Paula Minor wrote:
So, I have no idea what to do now. I have a little less than 30 days to
decide if I'm going to keep DSL. If I go back to Comcast I have to
figure out how to get my router to work with it again and change all the
email settings. UGH. But it does appear that , right now at least,
Comcast is considerably faster....tho at times it seems to crawl along.
Do those of you with more experience in this area have any thoughts or
opinions?
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