POLL: DSL or Cable for small business?

[Keego]

DSL would be cheap through MSN, $40/month 256/256k up/down
Cable would be $53/month, I forget the up/downstream speeds. (Comcast is the provider)

Whatcha think? All it would be doing is hosting a small webpage and email/internet usage. Nothing big.

 

[Spooner]

nice poll

I always go with cable.

 

[illustri]

if youre looking to have any amount of traffic on your site that extra 13 dollas is worth going with cable, adsl is usually 1500/128 but ANY amount of upload KILLS your down, its annoying to wait for simple webpages to load when one of us here is uploading

 

[dawks]

Originally posted by: illustri
if youre looking to have any amount of traffic on your site that extra 13 dollas is worth going with cable, adsl is usually 1500/128 but ANY amount of upload KILLS your down, its annoying to wait for simple webpages to load when one of us here is uploading

Comcast is probably 1500/128, so why would he want to pay MORE for less upload?

If you are fine with 256kbit down, go with the cheaper DSL, that is provided its 'always on' DSL. (256kbit is about 32k-bytes/sec - not great, but still livable). That would be fine for hosting 2-3 very low traffic'ed websites. And with smaller pictures..

 

[Nocturnal]

In our little kiosk we use Verizon DSL. It rocks!

 

[cavemanmoron]

|Cable|

2009.9 Kbps 2009.9 kbps

http://tech.msn.com/internet/speedtest.asp

 

[SuepaFly]

Definitely CABLE.

DSL often limits upload speeds, which won't do if you're if you're going to host a website and do email through it. Example, my verizon ($35/month) only has 16 upload (I forget down but its decent), if I go too close to 16, my download speeds SVCK. Slowdowns like that, especially for a business wouldn't work, just get it right the first time with cable.

 

[dawks]

Originally posted by: SuepaFly
Definitely CABLE.

DSL often limits upload speeds, which won't do if you're if you're going to host a website and do email through it. Example, my verizon ($35/month) only has 16 upload (I forget down but its decent), if I go too close to 16, my download speeds SVCK. Slowdowns like that, especially for a business wouldn't work, just get it right the first time with cable.

Uh, so does cable. Cable is typically limited to 128kbit (16k-byte), sometimes 256kbit(32k-byte), which is the same as the DSL he said his local provider has.

 

[Kadarin]

If the business is going to do its own hosting, be it an ftp, website, or vpn, it should go the sDSL route with static ip address or addresses. Watch the TOS to make sure vpn and server hosting is acceptable, and I suggest sDSL because uploads will not kill the downloads. I believe that on cable, even with a business plan, you would still be more limited in the TOS due to the shared bandwidth nature of the connection.

As always, however, I'd suggest shopping around for the best deal and best terms.

 

[SuepaFly]

Originally posted by: DaZ

Originally posted by: SuepaFly
Definitely CABLE.

DSL often limits upload speeds, which won't do if you're if you're going to host a website and do email through it. Example, my verizon ($35/month) only has 16 upload (I forget down but its decent), if I go too close to 16, my download speeds SVCK. Slowdowns like that, especially for a business wouldn't work, just get it right the first time with cable.

Uh, so does cable. Cable is typically limited to 128kbit (16k-byte), sometimes 256kbit(32k-byte), which is the same as the DSL he said his local provider has.

All the people I know that have cable have generally have much better upload speeds (and they didn't uncap to get them)