Poll: which is better cable..

[chaim]

whats better cable or bell simpatico?

 

[shiznut123]

You mean internet right?

 

[chaim]

yes internet

 

[shiznut123]

Cable is the way to go.

 

[chaim]

thanks

 

[N8Magic]

It depends.

Cable if you only care about pure download speed, and aren't too concerned with some downtime and higher latency pings. The cable is also good if you are sharing the connection among computers, as its IP is fairly static. (they just changed my buddies, screwed up his ip masquerading firewall until he figured out what was going on!)

DSL is good if you want reliability and reasonable speeds. With the new Alcatel platform that Sympatico has rolled out for their DSL service, it is ROCK solid. Ping times are also lower than cable.

I personally have cable, but if I didn't need to share the connection amongst computers, I would have DSL.

In terms of download speed, you can expect about 120KB/s downloads with DSL and approx 200KB/s download with cable.

Another thing to consider is the network each service runs on. Bell's network is one of the fastest and most modern in the world, with redundancy (incase of accidental fibre cuts) coming out the ying yang. The @Home network (cable) doesn't have the redundancy. In fact, the other day, a (single) fibre was cut in the @Home network around St. Catherines. Myself and the rest of the Ontario @Home users had no service for the better part of the day.

All in all, it just depends on where your priorities are. Whether it be brute speed, or reliability.

 

[shiznut123]

My cable has very good ping. I have about 70ms in UT.

 

[erikiksaz]

don't bother asking people here. ask around in your neighborhood. dsl in my area sucks, pings run from the 150's and up. downloads with dsl are nice though, 150+. cable is kinda mixed. i pay 30 dollars and get very low, consistent pings, but i only download at 90k cus of my 30 dollar-plan cap.

just because my cable rocks and dsl in my area sucks doesn't mean it's the same for you. ask around your neighborhood, i can't stress that enough.

 

[Sugadaddy]

Bell Sympatico sucks compared to cable. I guess it depends on where you live, but it doesn't offer anything more than cable where I live (same upload and pings) and downloads are so much faster on cable.
BTW I have Videotron cable in Montreal,PQ

 

[Soybomb]

Ask people where you live. Anyone who says one or the other is better than the other one is a dirty liar. One is better than the other but it varies by location.

 

[Sugadaddy]

It's true that cable will vary greatly depending on where you live, but Sympatico is the same all over the country. It's 1Mbit/128kbit ADSL, which most decent cable providers will beat. Pings depend on where you live...