Dsl Or Cable? Debate!
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P0rk(h0p Join Date: 2002-10-05 Member: 1439Members, Constellation
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Hey guys, I figure I'd like to hear a debate on which is better: DSL or Cable. Eventually, it may boil down to a final decision. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
My point: I think DSL is better than cable. With DSL, you get a dedicated line, so you don't have to worry about neighbours clogging up the lines in the middle of your game of NS. The only downside is slightly slower speeds than Cable most of the time. I also like DSL better because it's generally 30% cheaper than Cable in my area and much more reliable.
My point: I think DSL is better than cable. With DSL, you get a dedicated line, so you don't have to worry about neighbours clogging up the lines in the middle of your game of NS. The only downside is slightly slower speeds than Cable most of the time. I also like DSL better because it's generally 30% cheaper than Cable in my area and much more reliable.
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and add that the uplaod is far sexier themy 256/256 has 512/512 instead!!
i knw ur cable is 312312234/127up but hah ha!
my only problem is that my dsl only can respond 157 X per sec while ns does it at 400+ sometimes = serious choke!
This is off on a tangent a bit, but where I live, I cannot get DSL (just <i>barely</i> out of range), and there is zero competition in terms of cable service. There are exactly two cable providers in Wilmington, and like mafia families, they have separate and distinct service areas. So there is no choice if you want cable service of any kind. This also permits them to do whatever they want in terms of rates. So now, unless I really want to pay $120 a month to Charter for the same bandwidth I got when I was in TimeWarner's coverage area for $80 (This is the total cable bill, including cable tv, btw), I have to make due with 1/4 the transfer speed for $90. Sucks, eh?
however if you live close enough to a major ISP/backbone (were talking yards here) then odds have it that you can get OC 72 by pulling some strings, and as of now it tops all
(with oc 72 your connection speed is limited by how fast your computer is)
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I am in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and routinely get pings to NS servers all over Canada and the US in the 40 to 120 range. I have played games on servers in the UK, and even in Australia once. Overseas pings 100-300. When it gets higher than that, I suspect it is the server, not the cable. I sort my NS servers by ping, and I usually get several dozen with pings under 175.
Hope this helps. Maybe some of the DSL-jockies could post their results. If they are similar, go with the cheapest solution.
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This fall, in my new apt, I'll be going w/ DSL for sure. I don't necessarily like it better, but it's about the same price, up/down speeds aren't *too* different than my current cable connection, and there will be much less congestion.
I've had a friend w/ both, he got DSL first, and always hated it. It was just a bit faster than 56k, plus dialing in was uber dumb once you get used to the always connectedness of cable. Obviously the slow speed he got isn't normal but I do have a point with this: w/ DSL its kinda luck-of-the-draw as to the performance you'll get. Some people get lucky and get terrific bandwidth, but the majority have more problems than cable users and slower speeds, despite being a shared network...
My cable gives me a steady 3xx up and I usually get between 2 and 2.5 down.
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I think I'll stick with the latter. They don't offer DSL at my house, yet they do offer it a couple hundred yards away <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
The township just added an $18 million US expansion to the High School which is in view of my house; I proposed that they put a DSL station there, offer DSL to the local townsfolk, and use the profits to repay the $25+ million spent on schooling expansions in the town (more than 1 school was modified) and any future repairs/additions to the system. Of course that's not being done.
Is that not a sensible solution? This way the school would get free internet access for all of their clients, and the neighborhood surrounding them would have a wider variety of access.
I'm lucky if I get 8k up on my dsl, and that's when I've done the magic dance, and the wind is with me.
To sum up: DSL=crapxor
I'm limited to 15 KB/sec upstream, ~270-300 KB/sec downstream. That's what happens when Comcast gets a monopoly on your town *grr*
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Your thinking kiloBYTES, im talking kiloBITS. Actually, I only get maybe 35-45 KB/sec upstream. And thats on a good day with a good, solid connection.
Nonetheless, my reasoning stands! lol
For every problem cable has, DSL has another problem. Cable can be congested, DSL needs to be close to the station or signal gets lost and slowed...the list goes on.
I know how you feel, I only have 1 choice for cable in my area to, and lets just say the only choice leaves much to be improved upon
That was when Adelphia had ownership of the monopoly, but Comcast bought them out around here, so they own it now. Adelphia's cable was 100x faster (literally at times 100x faster), but would konk out often...so we traded speed for reliability.
Getting sub-30 pings to 80% of servers and 600 KB/sec upstream 2.5 MB/sec downstream was very nice while it lasted though <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
And yes, no limits, total tansfer or speed. They only say "Don't burden the network", which means don't download over 150 gigs in a month, a person I knew did some... tests <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
But yes, that is dirt cheap <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo--> I would like it to be that expensive in $USD lol, here cable access (1 IP) is at least $40, Cable TV is another $35-60 (standard)...jeez. Affluenza = expensive stuff.
I have Adelphia, sure it gets slow (50kbs/sec congested times) but fast most of the time. plus it's always on
plus the fact that I got Digital cable with it. and the fact that DSL is good only if you live less then 3 miles from the Hub.