spyderman450 Posted May 21, 2002 Share Posted May 21, 2002 I think CABLE is better cause its faster but all they got where I live is DSL so I have no choice :( (At least I am not stuck on a dial-up connection :)) - Daniel Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/27613-dsl-vs-cable/page/2/#findComment-253748 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted May 21, 2002 Veteran Share Posted May 21, 2002 I'll be getting 2.3/2.3 DSL or as fast as I can afford. Until cable can beat that AND allow me to serve, I'll be good. If I ever earn enough money, I'll go T3. Yes, seriously. I have such a craving for bandwidth it's sick. Mainly for all the serving I do (web, not files you mooks :D ) As soon as I get my own apartment and a job, I'll host all your sites for free :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/27613-dsl-vs-cable/page/2/#findComment-253750 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krome Posted May 21, 2002 Share Posted May 21, 2002 Originally posted by deadzombie Lets see, on a dual DSL setup with 2 routers, I could at best hit around 500kbps, and had major problems gaming and not to mention that the major DSL providers are in a constant state of going bankrupt or being sold off. In one year my contract was moved through 4 different ISP's, just because companies were shuffled around. Now I have cable through Time Warner. Its cheaper, I hit 3700+kbps (although they only gaurantee 2000) and my line has only dropped once in 6 months, due to a fire at one of there relay stations. Service is next day, and my upload hits around 500kbps...I can literally download many gigs of data per day...if I can just find the HD space! So cable is the winner IMHO. How did you combine the two pipe? I didn't know that it was possible. Using special routers? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/27613-dsl-vs-cable/page/2/#findComment-253759 Share on other sites More sharing options...
altezza Veteran Posted May 21, 2002 Veteran Share Posted May 21, 2002 Originally posted by timdorr I'll be getting 2.3/2.3 DSL or as fast as I can afford. Until cable can beat that AND allow me to serve, I'll be good. If I ever earn enough money, I'll go T3. Yes, seriously. I have such a craving for bandwidth it's sick. Mainly for all the serving I do (web, not files you mooks :D ) As soon as I get my own apartment and a job, I'll host all your sites for free :) I want T3!!! Gimme gimme! I've never had enough of speed! Faster is better! Now I'm stuck with 1.5mbps/128kbps cable. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/27613-dsl-vs-cable/page/2/#findComment-254005 Share on other sites More sharing options...
icie Posted May 21, 2002 Share Posted May 21, 2002 I tried ADSL at my friend's place the other day, and frankly, it sux compared to cable (which is what I have). Why do I have cable? Because I can. Because I didn't feel like getting ADSL from telstra. And I am not sure what is with telstra bigpond, because sometimes I seem to be capped to 70K/sec, and on some nights I get up to 750 K/sec downloading with getright. But the dreaded word: "caps" just spoils everything. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/27613-dsl-vs-cable/page/2/#findComment-254012 Share on other sites More sharing options...
altezza Veteran Posted May 21, 2002 Veteran Share Posted May 21, 2002 icie: where in australia you live? do you use optus cable or telstra cable or adsl or other? i'm on optus cable. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/27613-dsl-vs-cable/page/2/#findComment-254050 Share on other sites More sharing options...
linux2 Posted May 21, 2002 Share Posted May 21, 2002 Originally posted by altezza I want T3!!! Gimme gimme! I've never had enough of speed! Faster is better! Now I'm stuck with 1.5mbps/128kbps cable. Stuck? Some people would kill for speed like that ; ) BTW, I thought I read on /. today, that Australia doesn't have any broadband carriers as of last week? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/27613-dsl-vs-cable/page/2/#findComment-254591 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangesOfCourse Posted May 21, 2002 Share Posted May 21, 2002 cable.. because its faster in my area :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/27613-dsl-vs-cable/page/2/#findComment-254670 Share on other sites More sharing options...
altezza Veteran Posted May 21, 2002 Veteran Share Posted May 21, 2002 Originally posted by linux2 Stuck? Some people would kill for speed like that ; ) BTW, I thought I read on /. today, that Australia doesn't have any broadband carriers as of last week? Hehehe...I was joking only. Actually I was very satisfied with the current speed. Only recently my ISP have just announced the ridiculous monthly usage cap that really made my broadband experience became annoyed :hurt: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/27613-dsl-vs-cable/page/2/#findComment-254894 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarik Posted May 22, 2002 Share Posted May 22, 2002 Cable for me Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/27613-dsl-vs-cable/page/2/#findComment-254903 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerkPY Posted May 25, 2002 Share Posted May 25, 2002 56K Forever Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/27613-dsl-vs-cable/page/2/#findComment-261394 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaRkY Posted May 27, 2002 Share Posted May 27, 2002 ADSL 256 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/27613-dsl-vs-cable/page/2/#findComment-264474 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zivan56 Posted May 27, 2002 Share Posted May 27, 2002 A friend of mine got DSL since he though it was faster than cable, now he gets frequent disconnects, 200kb/s downlstream and 60kb/s upstream. I pity the fool :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/27613-dsl-vs-cable/page/2/#findComment-264481 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted May 27, 2002 Veteran Share Posted May 27, 2002 Originally posted by PigeonHead 56K Forever you are one SICK individual.. ;) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/27613-dsl-vs-cable/page/2/#findComment-264488 Share on other sites More sharing options...
daoutlawz Posted May 27, 2002 Share Posted May 27, 2002 ive had dsl and cable, and am currently using cable now (uncapped)... with dsl 256/64, my pings in gaming were around 65-100 (although there wasnt any lagg), and if i tried to download at the same time as play, my pings would sky rocket to bout 2500-5000, so i wouldnt say its better for gaming..the MAX speed i downloaded at was 26Kbytes p/sec. uncapped cable, i ping bout 10-35, and if i download something, it doesnt change the ping at all, and no lagg either..the MAX speed i've downloaded is 1.6Mbytes p/sec. so in my opinion, uncapped cable is the way to go Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/27613-dsl-vs-cable/page/2/#findComment-264494 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tibur0n Posted May 27, 2002 Share Posted May 27, 2002 Here in IL, we signed up for Ameritech DSL and finally we got to the point of having a install date(when it will go live). My friend said though he called once he got the self install kit and they did it early :) 768/128 for $49 Month Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/27613-dsl-vs-cable/page/2/#findComment-264518 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypercube Posted May 27, 2002 Share Posted May 27, 2002 Cable is more reliable, faster and cheaper in my area than dsl :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/27613-dsl-vs-cable/page/2/#findComment-264529 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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