what is better dsl or cable

[chubbrok]

my friend wants to know what is faster dsl or cable

and why

 

[Tallgeese]

<< my friend wants to know what is faster dsl or cable and why >>

Theoretically speaking: Cable can support speeds of up to 10Mbps. Residential DSL tops out at 1.5Mbps (business grade services can go higher).

Practically speaking: This all depends on your ISP, their bandwidth cap, and the saturation at their head-end.

Another notable issue with cable: cable uses a shared bandwidth architecture, which means as more users in your immediate vicinity use the bandwidth, the bandwidth available to you goes down immediately. DSL uses a Point-to-Point architecture, so bandwidth is not shared locally. Of course, at some point at every provider, bandwidth is shared. There is just more opportunity for DSL providers to mask/mitigate any bandwidth issues.

For some folks is not a matter of choice. DSL distance limitations preclude the possibility of using anything but cable.

Check this site for excellent info about DSL and broadband in general.

 

[LuckyTaxi]

dsl = hell
cable = hell

stick with dial up

 

[JackMDS]

As a rule of thumb Cable connection is about 4 tine faster from entry level DSL . (DSL download of 700Kb/sec. vs. Cable 2-3 Mb/sec.) The ?Famous slow down of Cable? during peak hours still keeps the Cable faster then DSL.

I have a friend that have a DSL connection. For some unknown reason his ISP don?t care to control the bandwidth, and he get for $39 a Cooperate DSL that will cost me in NYC $300 (per month). This DSL service is better then my $39 Cable service. But that is a coincidence that can be changed any moment, and not a reason to declare DSL as faster then Cable.


In sum if you have info about specific DSL services that are better then Cable in you area go with DSL.

Otherwise, the better bet is Cable.

 

[chubbrok]

ill just stick with dial hehe

 

[teras]

dsl is pretty much maxed out..but cable companies can easily crank up the old speed through cable...also dsl using the ppp caries more overhead in it's packets. so cable's speeds are actually much quicker in the long run if cable were to decide to crank up the speed.

 

[chubbrok]

yea cable all the way

at&amp;t broadband

 

[Dreadogg]

<< ill just stick with dial hehe >>



You do that !!! Once you experiance a cabal modem with the right regestry tweaks you'll never go back . The only reason i would consider DSL in my neighborhood is that it would come with a static IP address . Plus i get like 3.0 - 4.0 mbps on my cabal modem on the slowest its 1.5 - 2.5 mbps and thats rarely ever !