Which Broadband Technology?

[WiseOldDude]

Which broadband technology do you subscribe to, and why?

 

[Jeeper94]

Bresnan, because there was no broadband alternative at the time. That was 5 years ago, but the service is still great and they are #1 in the region.

 

[cryogenic666]

I have cable.. because comcast offers 768/6000 in my area. Bellsouth DSL is expensive and requires us to have a home phoneline, which we do not. We also have Knology cable, but it's only 256/3000.

 

[thriemus]

I am in the UK and the fastest adsl you can get (outside of the greater london area where you can get 8192/400) is 2048/256. Also this costs alot more than the American counterpart. I have a business line with low contention ratio 20:1 for added speed and reliability but most people here are stuck with 512/256 or 1024/256 @ 50:1 contention ration.

In the UK it all boils down to availability.

 

[dphantom]

Cable 3mb down/768 up. Can't get DSL, too far from the CO and for the price, cable would be cheaper anyway.

 

[Blinden]

I think that fiber will be widespread in the states here in a couple of years. I know the telco here is laying down the groundwork, and all the new connections here are pretty much fiber.

 

[JackMDS]

Link to: DSL or Cable Internet, what should I get?

:sun:

 

[imported_Beavis]

Verizon DSL, Pretty Stable, Good Pings 12 to 18ms on a 768K/128K connection, Been with Verizon DSL for 3 years now

7,000 FT from CO

 

[vi edit]

DSL from a small locally operated CO-OP. I could get a faster, cheaper cable connection from Mediacom, but I refuse to give money to them because of their miserable buisness practices in my area.

 

[Kelemvor]

Cable Modem for now because my wife's work pays for it. But once she quits her job I'll probably get DSL since it's waaaaay cheaper and the speed difference doesn't make any difference for standard web browsing and such.

 

[ITJunkie]

I've run both DSL & Cable. I prefer cable because of the cost to DL speed ratio.

To get DSL at my current speeds would put me in the business class bracket at $175 per month. Granted you get 768K upload speeds with that but for my and my families use, cable is a better choice.