December 30th, 2000
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Ok, here's how it is! T1 is the best, well actually there is T3 now. But out of your choices T1 is the best. Here is thing thing though. Noone in this chat can sit here and tell you DSL is better or Cable is better. It really just depends where you live. That is the main factor, where you live. I'll give you some examples of why this IS true.
Ok! I live in a small town in Oklahoma, I swear to you I'm not hick! Hehe, anyways... People in this town have two choices: DSL(just came out) or Cable(by Roadrunner). Cable IS the faster choice here. Not many people share the same "nodes" which connect people in neighborhoods, which can "slow your connection". I must tell you though, even when its a busy day it doesn't slow down that much. I usually get anywhere from 300k to 700k. That's the thing with Cable, the speeds bounce up and down.
DSL here sucks ass! We were going to get it instead of Cable because our original service provider advertised it and said how great it was. Turns out, we weren't close enough to the station that handles the DSL lines. They have like a maximum length of 3 miles or something close to that. I think they can extend the length by putting up "switching" stations but if you live in a house that has a DSL line but goes through a one of those switching stations, it will be slower than if you were within the original 3 miles of the line. Another factor that will determine your speed. I've heard that the closer you are to the place that handles all of the lines, the faster it is. So if you are at the very end of that line you could be getting crappy speeds while someone closer is getting faster speeds and spending the same price.
If you live within the 3 miles and you can get cable service where you live it comes down to price. My dad pays 40 bucks for our Roadrunner and that includes the renting of the cable modem. The amount of cable always stays the same. However, with DSL you pay more money for the speeds you want. Even though we can't get DSL cause we are too far away, I have checked out the prices. I can't remember exact prices or speeds but I'm just using these as examples. If you wanted DSL at the slowest speed it would be 40 bucks. This speed is around 150k. The up and down speeds aren't the same. Up speeds are a little slower. Then you can pay 70 bucks and bump the speed up to 500k. Then fork over 100 bucks for 1,000k or 1MB. It all depends on how much you can spend and the speeds you want.
The good thing about cable is, it is usually faster than the average DSL service. This is because the speeds of cable bounce up and down so you can get an extremely fast download then get one at 200k. With DSL you are just guaranteed this one speed that won't change. I've heard that DSL users get really good ping though. My pings usually aren't that bad on my cable, around 50 most of the time.
I am not an expert on all of this but I have researched this somewhat. I am also speaking from experience. But I live in a totally different place from you so your DSL services may be better there. That is why you need to check everything out before you buy. If you live in a highly populated place, go with DSL. If you live in a somewhat small town got with cable. And then factor in prices. There is a lot of stuff to worry about but see if you can't get a trial subscription do DSL and one to Cable. I've heard of people being able to do that.
Someone earlier said that it would take you like 20 min to download the sacrifice demo. They are wrong and dumb. I could download that sucker in 7 min easily. But anyways, remember this, location location location! And compare prices with speeds that you can get. I hope that helps! |
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