Got my DSL
 

Just got online with my DSL. What a total change in life. I went from 4.5kbs using a 56K modem to 409kbs at 2.0 miles from the server.

DSL SUCKS!!!

I got cable and i have 600kb/s download speeds even at peek hours. I have faster downloads than you for less money.

Where I live The local cable company has been jerking me around so much that I went with my phone company to get what I needed. No arguments from me about your speed on cable. Talk to me when you get alot more folks on the cable at the same time. I'll still be running at 409kbs but where will you be?

Dont worry about him, man, hes obviously misinformed, not to mention ignorant. Gl w your dsl.

Congrats on your dsl.. Ive had mine for 3 years.. wont ever go back to dialup.. cant.. too spoiled.

Would consider going to cable except you have to share nodes.. is easier to hack. and well.. its not available in my area http://www.veforums.com/smile.gif

I am actually not missinformed nor ignorant. telephone companies argue that DSL is superior to cable because it offers a "dedicated" connection, albeit at lower bandwidth. For example, while an DSL modem may offer a dedicated 256 kbps, a cable modem can burst to speeds many times higher than that and for a cheaper price, at the least when a cable network is crammed with people it goes as fast as the DSL service.

Contrary to popular belief DSL is shared aswell, Unless otherwise specified in the DSL package, DSL services dedicate a line from your home to the provider's central office, but that is where the dedicated connection ends and the bandwidth sharing begins. Internet traffic from your neighborhood meets at the provider's central office. Customers then battle for a connection to a Local ISP that is shared by residential users and possibly businesses.

DSL services also have a notorius rep for having terrible costomer service and nearly half of DSL customers come off unsatisfied.

All this stuff means that DSL is slower than cable, plain and simple. The dedicated line bull crap is just a sales gimmick for stupid people like you. Do not call me ignorant and misinformed again please.

First off. My service provider has a 512 download and 256 upload and it doesn't degrade. I am on a single user line and it dosn't degrade at the CO. My distance from the server is just at 2 miles so I will sufer a little degradation. Another thing CenturyTel has a very good service response. Again I will not argue the faster speed nor the cheaper price as you are right on those points. But you are ignorant for slamming another for being happy with the service that they can get and I for one have no qualms with the $50 I pay each month for the improved use of my computer.

I though I would this Blob, it IS dedicated. In the CO (Central Office) each DSL line is plugged into a card in a DSLSLAM and YOU ARE getting a dedicated 1.5mb connection, if the distance permits. I have had DSL 1500 down / 128 up for 2 month now. I know people who have @home in my area running slower the 56k during peak hours. BTW I get 1230/140 every day of the week and every hour for that matter.

Unless you are dowloading really large files every single minute of your life all the extra speed don't mean sh*t. Ping, latency is where its at.

[This message has been edited by eren5812 (edited 08-10-2001).]

Is there anyway that I can improve my ping and latency or am I stuck with what is given.