[ale] What Do You Think About Cable vs DSL Now-a-Days?

[James Sumners]

As mentioned, you have to consider the usage policy. That is one of
the reasons I use AtNex over AT&T (can't get cable as far out as I am
so it isn't even a consideration).

Technically, you share DSL with your neighbors once it hits the local
routing box[1]. It just isn't setup in a daisy chain like cable is in
some neighborhoods. The biggest advantage to DSL is lower latency. On
my 3Mb DSL link (too far out for 6Mb), I get an average ping time of
91ms (88ms to 119ms) over 50 pings to google.com. If you play a lot of
games online, or use VoIP, this is the measure you want to use in your
decision.

[1] -- http://www.dslreports.com/faq/129

On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 8:08 AM, Marc Ferguson <marcferguson at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Fellas,
>
> You're all familiar with the old war between Cable and ADSL.  I'd like to
> know if you guys have an opinion on it today? We currently have Cable (with
> Comcast) and we can get a better package deal with AT&T, but we'll switch
> back to ADSL.  Both offer 6 Mbps (downstream), but we know that ADSL is a
> private line so you're guaranteed that amount.  Has the game changed over
> the years?
>
> When I was with ADSL, I was an ADSL-fanboy - when I switched to Cable, I was
> a Cable-fanboy... so now I'm on the ropes. Facts are facts and it sounds
> like the private ADSL connection is better rather than a hit-or-miss with
> Cable.  Thanks.
>
> --
> Marc F.


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