Both cable and DSL have primary factors that determine speed (in addition to your subscription package)...
With cable, the connection is shared among everyone on your node. A node generally is comprised of a neighborhood or a cluster of home/businesses. This is why cable internet is so slow around dinner time and into the evening in residential areas. Everyone gets home, surfs the net, watches online streaming, etc. Cable internet is usually available in more places than DSL because it's not as dependent on distance. With DSL, the distance from the central office is the main determining factor for speed. The further away, the slower the speed. The benefit with DSL is you usually will always get the same network speeds, regardless of time of day. It is not as oversubscribed as cable. AT&T Uverse or Verizon FIOS are both fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) technologies which allow for faster and more far-reaching connections. It is, however, still DSL and can be affected by distance. The distance is usually farther than standard DSL because standard DSL travels over copper wires instead of fiber optic cables. You can always ask to have a technician come over and test signal strength and to make sure that there isn't anything wrong with your setup. But you are right, they will most likely say that there's not much else they can do about it. On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 1:20 PM, V Y <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm also using TW and I agree it depends on your neighborhood. I just > moved and my previous neighborhoods were both really residential areas. I'm > now close to a bunch of businesses and my speed is MUCH less than it was. I > was getting 20+ mbps but now get around 5 mbsp during the day and higher > speeds at night. When I did get less than 2 mbps TW came out and did some > repairs, weather changes seems to be the baine of TW speeds. > > > On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Daniel Short <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I get 30 Mbps down through TW Cable's premium road runner server up in >> Cedar Park. It really depends on your provider *and* your >> neighborhood. I get slower speeds at night when the entire >> neighborhood is streaming movies, but I get super fast speeds during >> the day when no one is home. >> >> Dan >> >> On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 12:58 PM, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: >> > When I visit coffeehouses, restaurants, and co-working places around >> > town, I measure much higher Internet speed than I get at home. >> > >> > At home I get between 1 Mbps and 1.7 Mbps. This has been true for >> > several years as I have used TW Cable, Clear, and now AT&T DSL. >> > >> > In places with public WiFi, though, I get at least 2.5 Mbps, and >> > sometimes over 7. This is when there are other people in the building >> > using the same WiFi network. >> > >> > My question is: how can I get these higher rates on home internet >> > service? Do these establishments get them because they tell the ISPs >> > they are businesses and I tell them I am a residence? >> > >> > The ISPs don't seem to offer different levels of service. When I >> > recently signed up for AT&T DSL, I was given the choice of three >> > speeds: Basic, Express, and Pro. They had different downstream speeds >> > of "up to". They were all the same price. I chose the supposedly >> > fastest one, of course, with downstream speed of "up to 3.0 Mbps". >> > But there is no promise that the downstream speed will be that high. >> > It is "up to" that high. >> > >> > I can't really go to AT&T and say "you aren't as fast as you >> > promised", because they don't really promise anything. 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