Your Internet Speed

[TXStorm]

it seems to me lately that more and more people have cable and fewer have 56k, i was just wondering what everyone had so i can get a general idea. and the dsl/isdn option covers all those things like dsl, isdn, adsl, xdsl.

[Coaster]

just wondering, but why did you group xDSL in with ISDN?

[Havoc_online]

I voted cable!

[paintbattler]

i have a 56k..its realy not that slow..its like DSL

[ThePatriot]

56k, Its like DSL, except a lot slower? Am i right?

[Vegeta]

I liek Pie.


56k here. Live too far out for broadband.. and won't be able to get it for ~5 more years. Satilite too slow for hte price.

[headcase]

Originally posted by paintbattler
i have a 56k..its realy not that slow..its like DSL

????????

I don't know about everyone else, but my DSL pushed around a meg a min, which is AT LEAST 18 times faster than a 56k connecton. Probably faster since few 56k's actually conncect at 56k, and then there is the added plus of having an always on connection.

[Kai]

Where is the 33k option?

[headcase]

Originally posted by Kai
Where is the 33k option?

In the stoneage!

J/K

[Snewk]

God bless broadband! Woopie! I have cable!

[TXStorm]

Originally posted by Coaster
just wondering, but why did you group xDSL in with ISDN?

arent dsl and isdn both between 56k and cable speeds? so why not group them together?

[FrAuStY]

Originally posted by ThePatriot
56k, Its like DSL, except a lot slower? Am i right?

Wrong! DSL stands for Digitally Switch Link (Also called Digital Subscriber Line) Its a DEDICATED (Key word) Connection. Most go about 256k upload spead and 1.5 Mbit Download speed. I don't know where you people do your research and think Cable's faster, or that DSL's no faster than 56k.. but you better go back to school on it. Cables good for one reason, bad for more. That reason is its a loopback style connection meaning upload and download speeds are both about the same. 1.5 mbit up, 1.5mbit down, GRANTED there's no one else on your node (Nodes normally cover about 150 subscribers) If you have 150 people on your cable node..guess what.. your 1.5mbit just went to like 70k LOL I truck along with my ADSL all day long with 700k download and about 120k upload.. thats faster than most peoples average speeds on cable. Anyway I thought I'd clear that up as people seem to have fallen under the BROADBAND herd mentality that AT&T's pounding into your skull. Cable sucks...DSL is better, ADSL over ATM (Which I what I got through bellsouth) it WAYY better!

[RT_Luver]

cable here. soon we're gettin a cable modem even better then the one we got right now. I forgot exactly what it is, but its cable but faster then cable.......

[subbeh]

I get over 100 kb/sec upload and download w/ my DSL. DSL is nothing like ISDN, which is just a few phone lines put togethor.

[clanger]

Originally posted by FrAuStY


Wrong! DSL stands for Digitally Switch Link (Also called Digital Subscriber Line) Its a DEDICATED (Key word) Connection. Most go about 256k upload spead and 1.5 Mbit Download speed. I don't know where you people do your research and think Cable's faster, or that DSL's no faster than 56k.. but you better go back to school on it. Cables good for one reason, bad for more. That reason is its a loopback style connection meaning upload and download speeds are both about the same. 1.5 mbit up, 1.5mbit down, GRANTED there's no one else on your node (Nodes normally cover about 150 subscribers) If you have 150 people on your cable node..guess what.. your 1.5mbit just went to like 70k LOL I truck along with my ADSL all day long with 700k download and about 120k upload.. thats faster than most peoples average speeds on cable. Anyway I thought I'd clear that up as people seem to have fallen under the BROADBAND herd mentality that AT&T's pounding into your skull. Cable sucks...DSL is better, ADSL over ATM (Which I what I got through bellsouth) it WAYY better!

DSL is fundamentally not a dedicated connection. Don't talk about going back to school when you have it wrong. DSL like all false advertising goes through the same backbone as other users. This means there is no dedication because it is all shared at the core station.

DSL is only a nice option when you are located close to a phone company. This way you can get top speeds like your claiming( usually capped). Most companies cap limits on all types of broadband. My cable claims I can get 768kb/sec, but its all hype. So far my top downloads average around 100kb/sec. My friend has dsl and his up is 12kb/sec and his downstream maximum average is 40kb/sec. My DSL when I had it recieved around 80kb/sec download and around 11kb/sec upload. My cable currently is 90-100kb/sec and 16kb/sec upload. To be blunt, this is mostly dependent on your isp, they cap the broadband at certain levels.

To say that DSL is better is a blind and irrational statement. DSL is a better choice if you live absolutely close to the phone companies isp otherwise you are wasting your money on false claims. Also, DSL can only send about 1.5mb downstream to a user( tiny phonelines prevent more). Cable can send around 35 - 40 I believe( not sure because it has been awhile). If you really wanted awesome connections then everyone should urge companies to goto fiber optics . Until then the decision is up to you.