DSL vs. Cable?

[The Whole F/N Show]

I have bellsouth DSL and love it. I'm gonna be moving in couple of month and am concerned my new place won't have DSL avalable. Those who have cable how do you like it? And those who've had both which do you like better?

 

[May1010]

... I just had cable-modem installed ... it's pretty good, I must say.

 

[nikolai_bolkov]

I like my DSL better because it so much more reliable than the cable service I used to have. When they work, they both work very well. Don't be dissapointed if you can only get cable, it's still equally fast, if not faster.

 

[Annihilator99]

I've had both, and I'll say that the cable is better, because it was actually faster, and cost a hell of alot less. The DSL was a bit more reliable - I never had a single problem with it. I've had a problem with my cable network once.

 

[thefantom1]

I only have problems with my cable when the cable goes out...the speed is great..and it is cheaper and faster than DSL...

 

[musclebrains]

Whole Show: You do NOT want to deal with AT&T broadband if you can avoid it. It is absolutely the worst service I have ever encountered. There are regular public hearings being conducted now in Atlanta because of the company's notoriously bad service.

My cable modem took a month to get installed, then took another month to get working properly. It goes down several times a week. The ONLY reason I don't get rid of it and switch to DSL is that I don't want to deal with the agony of trying to get AT&T to disconnect it.

Go DSL. The other thing is that if you're in a high-intensity area, your cable speed will be affected.

 

[BIG_I_69]

i have DSL ...

the problem with cable is that the speed always fluctuates depending on how many ppl are online ... so one day when there's a lot of bandwidth being used ur download speed might be 20kb/sec and another day 200kb/sec

dsl is always constant ...

 

[The Whole F/N Show]

Thanks for the imput everyone and I'm glad to hear more. My DSL seems pretty quicky too me. Maybe I'm near the tower or whatever it's called. I connect @ 1.4mps. Not sure on the exact DL and UL rates. I know the closers you are the better it's supposed to be.

musclebrains: AT&T Broadband is my biggest fear. They are the most prominent cable company here and everyone one I know who has them, hates them. Maybe I can luck out and get Charter when I move. That's my current cable company.

 

[Annihilator99]

Show - I have AT&T. Formerly, they were mediaone out here, but they were bought out. Luckily they have kept some of their policies, one of which is the introduction of new nodes when the subscriber density gets high. That's a good thing- keeps the speed high. They are, however, a tremendous pain in the ass to deal with, in typical AT&T fashion.

 

[O'Stanozol]

I have cable since four years or so and I like it,
some family members does have DSL and cable is faster.

But Cable here has more restricitions compared to DSL