Prairie Dog
Here's Looking At You Kid
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join:2000-08-09
Langhorne, PA
| Sign me up for the cable is better camp
As far as I am concerned the only reason to go with DSL and go through hell trying to get it, is the fact that DSL is the only thing available. Thanks to Verizon and the rest of the bells, DSL will most likely go the way of the beta max video recorder and the eight track tape system. |
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tpotter9
join:2000-07-21
| I have both. DSL speeds tend to be stable. Cable speed
goes up and down in sharp peaks and valleys. I thought
the telco support was stupid until I tried the cable
support.
DSL will become the primary source for access. No way
the telco's will walk away from a multi-billion dollar
investment.
What will fail is the third party leeches who try and
resell DSL. The telco will stomp them like grapes.
Does anyone here recall installing multiplexer's over
a dry pair ? eh kids ?
What you see now is the bleeding edge, hyper-marketing,
don't give a s*it make a profit syndrome. Ma and Pa will
suffer the brunt.
Of course who cares ? forward looking people are waiting
to tap the fiber at the b-box next week. |
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GldnSabre
join:2000-04-27
Homestead, FL
| reply to Prairie Dog
I here all you people complain about how bad dsl is!!! I have had dsl for almost 6 months now and i have not had a problem with it at all. i live about 12,500 ft from the co I live in south dade county,FL and i have never had a problem with it i get ping times of 10 to 50 ms and dload speeds of 1.5-2.1 mbps and up 256kbps to 384 kbps. also consider distance you my be able to drive or fly to your local CO in under the 18,000ft but that does not mean the wiring between you and them is under 18,000 feet. Also if you live in the middle of nowhere in a town that has less than 10,000 people in it forget dsl because the pohone wiring is so old and shotty it is not even worth the hassle of installing new line for the service. either get cable or move. If not get dsl complain, complain , complain they will get tired of hearing from you and fix the problem. |
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busted01
join:2000-07-06
Staten Island, NY
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I have cable longer than you do,At first I had trouble with the setup,then it worked fine for a few months.In the last six weeks or there about it's been hell constant diconects,trouble connecting,there is no tech support.They got to me and I am switching to cable as of 10/12.I can't wait till I don't have to deal with bell hell.I will leave them with a bunch of open tickets that they haven't even worked on yet and some are over a week old.By and good riddence to them.I am in need of a change so I will try cable. |
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Someone
@ihiway.ca
| As far as I'm concerned, DSL is better than cable. I don't know how it is in the states, but my friend next door (who had both DSL and CABLE) switched from Cable to DSL. Now.. why is that ?? ? ?? Maybe in the states there are more problems .. In Canada, it works fine... |
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