The results you get from DSL and Cable are much better in the
Louisville area than they were even 1 year ago (I cannot comment on
comparing Satellite results from last year to now because the person I
knew that was using it has since moved). For DSL users, download speeds
will depend on which company you are using.... for example win.net
recently upgraded their service tremendously to compete with other
local DSL providers, but you should still contact each one to get an
estimate of what the speeds will be. One certain advantage that DSL
does have over Cable is that with DSL you can run home server services
TO the internet (-- cable companies frown on doing this --).
Jerry
On Thursday, February 6, 2003, at 10:09 AM, Lee Larson wrote:
> On Thursday, February 6, 2003, at 08:34 AM, John Stone wrote:
>
>> I've have had DSL from Bellsouth since it was available in my
>> neighborhood 2-3 years ago. And would VERY HIGHLY recommend it. Where
>> we leave in St. Matthews, the cable was always going out when they
>> predicted any kind of weather, phone was always there!
>
> The television portion of the cable going out does not mean the
> broadband connection will go out. Several times last summer, the
> television portion of the cable went out, but I was still connected to
> the 'Net. I think weather got in the way of their satellite dishes or
> microwave relays to kill the television signal.
>
> I've had a cable broadband connection for quite a while now, and I can
> count the downtime over the last year in minutes. My experience has
> been very good with it. I can't comment on their tech support because
> I haven't had to use it.
>
> A neighbor has his connection through DSL, and I helped him set up his
> home network. The only difference I noticed was the startling drop in
> download speed. The DSL connection seems to be capped at something
> under 1.5 Mb/s while I regularly get twice that speed off the cable
> connection. They both seem to be the same on upload. Either speed is
> more than enough for Webwork and e-mail.
>
>
>
> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will
> | be January 28. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>.
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| The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will
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