On Sun, Apr 16, 2006 at 22:23:21 -0700, Hex Star <hexstar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ah well in my case we have both phone and cable tv...dsl here doesn't work > because we're too far from the datacenter to get a good speedy connection > (dsl gets slower as you get farther away from the ISPs datacenter) but since > cable internet has no distance restriction we get great internet speeds with > cable hence why I recommended cable over dsl :-)...of course others here > will probably have different experiences and thus this recommendation won't > apply to everyone but for those who may be a bit distanced from the nearest > city like we are then cable internet is definetly the way to go :-) Cable is more prone to congestion in your local neighborhood. So that early adopters might see good service, but once everyone in the neighborhood has it, things may not be so nice. DSL bandwidth is aggregated in a place where it is more economical to expand the bandwith available to a neighborhood. My experience has been that there are more choices for providers over DSL than cable. Cable is pretty much going to be broadband for sheep unless you pat for business class service. Alternate DSL providers exist that will provide you with real internet access for a cost between BBfS and BBfB.
