DSL OR CABLE which is best Please Respond

[realbinky]

Cable, at least in my area, is as fast as a T1, NEVER goes down (maybe 4 total hours in the 7 years I've had it) and I get a discount due to having cable and phone and internet through the same company. In the same area, friends have DSL and my Cable speed CRUSHES them every day of the week, and they are down a few hours a week.

[antryg]

Bungleau is correct. Cable has the potential to be faster than DSL but it depends on where you are. When I had cable the best upload or download speeds I ever got, even at 3:00 AM, was 115kps. If I tried to download something during the early evening speeds were usually 15 kps. With DSL the slowest download I've had has been at 98 kps and am usually at about 200kps. In my area the monthly cost for cable is $39.99 and for DSL $49.99. If I were in another part of Dallas DSL would be $39.99 as well.

[Albromor]

Well, CB, I just signed up for Verizon's DSL because I got a great rate and if I don't like it I can say "goodbye" within 30 days without any cost to me. Plus, I don't have to buy/rent the modem box, etc. I'll be hooked up on May 5th. Also, Comcast Cable is here in my area, too, so I have that option, but I will need to buy the modem, etc., if I choose to go with them. By the way, Verizon is a large, viable, respectable company.

[TheCrimsomBlade]

I just stopped by my home to see what input I had from the Gang at IW First THANK YOU ALL for the help you people are great, I found out that there are about 60,000 users on my cably network and the few people that I talked to said that the fastest the have downloaded in the past 6 months has been about 156kbps on a real good night like sunday at 2:00 am and during the day around 75 to 80kbps. Not that great compaired to the 226kbps min that Verison has offered and thats because our city is all fiber opitics, and the guy across the street from me said that is has had the Verison DSL since janurary and it is well over 500Kps most of the time except on mondays night it drops down to around 300kbps and during the day from 8:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. it drops to around 230kbps so, I guess that the T1-DSL wins for this first year and I only have to wait 10 Days for the self install kit.

Thank you everyone you have been a great help talk at you later tonight. TCB

[Spade]

I just got a DSL modem this morning. It's soooo much faster than my old 56k. Downloads are going at 60-70kbps when it used to be 3-4kbps. I love it.

I think i'll go and play Counterstrike now. They wont know what hit 'em.

[Ladyzekke]

My vote goes for cable