Hi Lynn, >From your email address I realize we're neighbors (I also have an esslink account which is going away now that SNET has brought DSL to Harwinton). >From that statement you can see I went the DSL route and have been happy with it. You fortunately have access to Cablevision's Optimum online which offers you an alternative. I've set up Optimum for a number of clients and have been happy with the performance. When cable rolled it out earlier this year I was seeing downloads hitting 600-700k/sec, since then it seems to have levelled off at around 200k/s maximum. That's still alot better than SNET's DSL download speeds, the best of which I've seen is at about 145k/s which pretty much saturates the 1.5Mb connection which SNET sells me. Note that in August SNET made a subtle change to their offering and changed the basic plan from a "1.5Mb down/128k up" to a 768k down/128k up. Basically they are selling you half the service for the same price they were selling before. Optimum basically sells you as much downstream as you can (10Mb max) and caps the upstream at 128k also. Pricewise Optimum can't be beat if you have cable with them already. If I had the alternative I'd probably switch to Optimum just for the cost savings, I'm paying $50/mo on DSL. So far none of my clients have had any complaints about Optimum in the area, the concern will be if the connection starts getting saturated, at that point if you don't like it switch to DSL.
On a sidenote, I fell bad that Esslink is probably getting hit hard with the arrival of cable and DSL access, they've been a great company to work with, I've had my Esslink account for about 5 years and have been very happy with them. Unfortunately when I called to see if they would sell me only a pop email account they said they couldn't, it's either $20/mo or nothing. I'm going to hate giving up that email account. Let me know if you wnat any more info, but I'd say Optimum would be your best choice right now. Joe On 10/18/01 12:02 PM Lynn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hi, >I have a Pismo PB 400 and am thinking of getting >cable internet. Does anyone have Optimum (Cablevision) >Online Service? I can also get DSL but Cable is cheaper >since they give discounted rate with your tv subscription. >Anyone have any thoughts regarding which is better >and also any personal experience with Optimum? >Thanks. >Lynn -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
