Doug McAdam deftly typed-- >My ISP was down about 40 hrs recently and I'm just now back Online. >This has prompted me to consider DSL or Broadband of which I know >nothing. DSL would only be $30 mon. whereas I now pay $20. Broadband >is supposed to be much faster than DSL but it also is about $40-50 per >mon. So is Broadband really worth paying double to what I now pay or >should I go to DSL? I'm assuming Emailer works on both and I'm >assuming like my current ISP neither of these others would have any >knowledge of Emailer. >~~~~ >Doug McAdam >Kokomo, IN
Presumably you have read the post suggesting you peruse several web sites comparing cable vs. DSL. Also presumably, those sites (haven't checked them myself) mention that on the cable side, the download speed is often considerably faster than upload. Here in humidity-reach Gulf Breeze, Fla, where my broadband is served up by cable provider MediaCom, download speed is 3 Mbps while upload speed is only about one-third that. That was painfully reinforced over the weekend when I upload to my .mac photobook pictures of this past weekend's Blue Angels airshow. It took about three minutes to upload 3.7 mbs. Another benefit not mentioned so far, is broadband lets you use iSight. Cheers. bevon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
