Cable vs. DSL

We called our local phone company & they said that they only have Cable High Speed internet available in our area which is $39.99/mo. What's the difference b/w the 2 & is $39.99/mo a good deal for that? Thanks

 

What speed are they offering?

Cable is variable because you share the pipe with your neighbors, DSL has smaller numbers but it will be the same speed all the time (1.5mbps can stream Hulu and Netflixs pretty good, as long as no one in the house is downloading)

 

I thought i always heard ppl say that Cable was superior to DSL. I wasn't sure of this though..but Clutch has enlighten me of something...I didn't know Cable was shared amongst ur neighbours.

Yea it's true that DSL speeds are lower, but consistent...but as u said Clutch once others are downloading too u will feel it. (I know this oh too well) It hurts me so bad when others are downloading that i'm gonna be upgrading the line speed very soon.

But OP I think that price is fair..once the speed is decent. Like above 1.5mb down. Then again every company is different and prices vary, but that sounds reasonable to me.

 

$39.99? I hope thats for at least 7bm per second. I live in Canada and pay $45 for 7mbps if you are in the states you should be paying less.

I think cable is much better then DSL, good luck to you.

 

That is for 3mbps. Does it operate the same as DSL? So you get the modem & can get wireless highspeed on the desktop & then we get a router to get the laptops hooked up? Thanks again!

 

Yep, I have DSL going through a modem to a router to a 360, a desktop, and this laptop.

 

Go to DSL reports http://www.dslreports.com/ and look up the quality of service, investigate how much each company throttles, then if you make a decision, make the companies fight for your money, since both places want the same money, throw it in each others lap to give you a better price, but beware of them trying to lock you in on a long term contract because they may try that.

 

What did you mean by 360? Is that the same system for Cable modem?

 

Clutch was meaning Xbox 360

 

Okay, thanks for the clarification.

 

DSL is fast and powerful.

 

I once had 6MB DSL and had to reboot my modem every other week to stay connected. I'm not saying everyone has my problem, but I got sick of it and switched to 16MB Comcast. I ended up getting a better rate, since I packaged it with my digital cable. Comcast actually suits me better due to my heavy downloading and having 5 computers connected to the net in my house.

So both are fast and powerful. YMMV.

 

Cable generally offers faster download and upload rates than DSL, given the same price. When I had DSL from SBC a while ago, there was always this problem that occurred: when someone would call in (because DSL uses the phone lines too), the internet connection would freeze, drop, or lose packets. It was pretty annoying for a while, but that was just in my case. A lot of people probably wouldn't have this problem but SBC couldn't fix it (and calling their technical service was a pain).

Fiber optics is a lot faster than both, but sadly not in my area.

 

Cable is much more superior than DSL by design, but that doesn't necessarily translates to superior service. Technically, cable internet is capable of transfer speed of more than 75Mbit/s for DOCIP 1 modem.

Pros and Cons for Cable:
Pro:
If your neighborhood has a bunch of people who doesn't really use the internet, your bandwidth will be much highier than rated. I get 30Mbit/s connection for $15 in Canada. The next best service is from Telus (1.5Mbit/s DSL).
Less prone to signal loss
Cons
The more your neighbor use the internet, the slower your connection is. You share a pipeline with your neighbors.

 

He's right. Cable has the potential for better speeds. The downside is that bandwidth is shared among neighbors. DSL has less potential but the bandwidth is dedicated to your household.

But the proof is in the pudding. See if you have a neighbor with cable and use his internet to surf to DSLreport.com during your most active internet usage period. Use the speed report to check the bandwidth and compare it with a comparable DSL package and go from there.

 

I was just about to make a post asking why my friend's comcast is way faster than mine and now i know, I live in a big neighborhood and he lives out in the middle of nowhere, so practically no one is there to share his bandwidth, this forum is great

 

Yeah, Cable is MUCH better.

At least in my area. (Comcast vs. Verizon)

 

Here in Japan it's common for household to subscribe VDSL of 100Mbit/s....

 

price is all depends on rate plan .
dsl from phone co usually has low monthly subcription with a low speed plan eg $20/m for 1mbps.

 

VDSL is pretty much non-existant or very expensive in US and Canada. Only UVERSE from ATT, Quest, FiOS Verizon uses VDSL. Their bandwidth max out at around 20-50mbit/s. It's different in Japan though.

I canada, i have 30mbit/s cable with unlimited bandwidth for $15CAD or $10 USD.

 

having switched between both back and fourth over the years, they are the same, price/speed wise, the decision comes down to service/support

right now im on AT&Ts 6mbps line @ $35/month no contract, i love that I can switch to the $20 connection for a few months and switch back when I can

 

I hate you!

 

Actually, it's around US$40 per month for VDSL 100Mbit/s subscription. But this figure is common for Japanese household. There are other options such as Fiber To The Home (FTTH) 100Mbit/s or wireless broadband 3G (HSPA) 7.2Mbit/s which cost around $70. And this figure is also acceptable to many internet subscribers here.

 

I have DSL with Bell, 7 Mb/s down, 1 Mb/s up, 60 GB/month. $40/month.

 

why cant we have this type of service?
do something! Obama, bail out Verizon, at&t, comcast, timewarner, directtv...
everybody works in telecommunication must be fired, they are completely failures.

NOOO!

 

It depends upon where you live which is faster. Cable is generally faster than DSL, but your cable speeds may be slower if there are too many people using cable in your neighborhood. Cable and DSL can both be flaky in terms of reliability so do not buy into the DSL is a dedicated line misnomer. A dedicated line to your house does not mean your connection will be reliable if the CO has oversubscribed routers.

I will go to FIOS from cable and DSL. I hate bandwidth caps and I need the speed!

 

Broadband in my area right now is much fast than DSL (which is thru AT&T), and AT&T is very well known for their crappy service where I live.


Cin

 

Go steal (or use since it's free for you anyways) your local library's wireless internet. They have 100mbit/s+ T1 line.

 

What's wrong with it...???

 

I'm good with my Comcast cable that only sucks on the weekend. I mean its gets very bad during the weekends around my neighborhood. I'm jealous of your pricing for Cable. Wish mine was that cheap. I pay $45 for 20MB's. I have heard stories of Comcast having a cap but I have yet to hit it since I'm a heavy downloader/uploader.

 

I've had comcast for a good long while...been pretty alright...other than them being general jag offs...pretty sure theyve been capping my speeds too...hmmm.

Usually goes between about 6 mb/s and 14 mb/s for our cable. We arent subscribed to that super high speed extra crap because we don't want to pay more to just get back down to a cap again.

Heh, in retrospect my household is probably the house in the neighborhood that bogs down everyone else if that happens...

 

Shame on you.......



















and myself. LOL

 

quit whineing

i have hughes net

400mb download limit (daily)

1mb down
and 256 up

$90 a month
( my max download speed is 122.6 kbs) it will never go higher

dsl isnt around ....its pathetic

louisiana

 

I can't believe we have a better deal than even people in cheaper countries (like the US)!

I guess we lucked out, but our landlord offers 100Mbit cable for an added $22 / month on top of the rent. The funny thing is that our phone supplier also offers it, but for twice the price (and only 7Mbit). I have told them we are not interested but they call about four times a year trying to make me buy their service...

The setup is also good since they have one Gbit cable coming into each basement, then split up in 100Mbit cables, one per household. That makes a maximum of 12 appartments per 1Gbit. The "downside" is that we can't do port forwarding since the ISP has a firewall in the basement.

 

Do you live in a mountain or something? LOL

 

actually on a farm ... btw louisiana biggest mountain is 262 feet

 

Have you considered using an Aircard from Sprint, Verizon or At&T?

 

att gets no signal and verizon and altell get 1 bar

i have considered every thing .... i have plenty of time to think between web page loads and my lags in games due to the high ping

 

All depends on the cable provider. In most cases I would aim in that direction though.

 

no cable for 15 miles

 

The internet is always worse the farther you are away from a city. Few companies want to build infrastructure for only 10 people.

 

actually we only have 10 hourses on our 10 mile long road

yea i know we called them a bunch

 

I am a comcast subscriber myself and loves the speed so far for my account. It's pretty convenient too and not overpriced.

 

i wish .... ohhh how i wish ....