JoshC1
join:2007-09-25
Sanford, NC
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April 22nd, @08:24AM
| Not to hijack this thread...
But for those of you who say that cable is better than DSL need to rethink what you are saying. DSL is a Digital Subscriber Line. You pay for your bandwidth. Period. Cable is nothing more than a huge pipe that many people share off of, so for those of you who say DSL IS SO SLOW OMG OMG OMG ITS SO SLOW COMPARED TO CABLE think again. Try getting on cable at prime time with a few bittorrenthappy leechers with no knowledge of managing bittorrent. DSL doesn't have that problem, unless you are on an oversold DSLAM. The bottom line is that if you are having slow speeds at prime time with Cable, then there's nothing your ISP can really do. With DSL, it is normally either:
A) Inside Wiring interference= Low SNR which can be fixed with a whole house filter.
B) High attenuation= if the customer is too far then he should not be able to get dsl anyway. If he/she chooses knowning the distance then he should NOT expect 85% of provisioned speed.
C) Problems within the network= One can bug the ISP about this issue until its resolved...even though it can be annoying at times. I will admit that this can be harder said than done, and it can really stretch peoples' patience.
D) Oversold DSLAM= if this is the case, then you can just credit every month that you don't get 85% speeds, which will save the customer money in the long run.
There should be no such thing as a slowdown during prime time with DSL because you pay for the bandwidth that you use. With cable, prime time can be a pain the neck depending where you are and who your isp is. I'm not a DSL fan boy, but for those who are bashing dsl, think again before you go bashinghappy. |
