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The Better of Two Evils

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gimlids

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I'm getting broadband soon and I have two choices: Ameritech DSL or @Home (through Insight) Cable. Cable is twice as fast, DSL costs a little more. I've heard a lot of whining about Ameritech DSL as well as a lot about cable from people who have it here (although no camplaints about DSL from locals I know, maybe because service was just recently offered).

What to do...any input would be greatly appreciated!
 
Depending on the "flavor" of DSL, it can be good and bad. ADSL, or Asymetric DSL has a different upload and download speed, much like cable (which has an upload cap of 128Kb/s). SDSL is Symmetric DSL which allows the same upload and download speeds.

If you expect to upload a lot of stuff, DSL is usually better. If you live in a very high-tech neighborhood, your cable will be shared with your neighbors. Usually not a problem, but some people get major slowdowns during peak periods (7-10PM). DSL is guaranteed bandwidth (for the most part) and will perform more consistently, but much slower than cable.

I've got @home cable. When I find a fast site, I can often download at 300KB/s. a 256Kb/s cable maxes out at about 25KB/s. Yet, that same DSL (if it's SDSL) will upload twice as fast as I can.

Cable is great, in general. I've very happy with mine and it's been very stable. I rarely have any slowdowns, but I don't live in a real high-tech neighborhood.

- G
 
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