Which is BEST!!!!

[NuclearHeadache]

So which is better CABLE or DSL? I have DSL and the speeds are usually the same. I don't get many problems with DSL. I'll rarely lose connection. I hear cable can be very fast. But with the exception of alot more problems occuring. So which is better? I think people who have tryed both will have the best oppinion.

[boss672]

allllllll depends on ur location and what dsl/cable providers u have

[xbit]

get cable, no probs and blows away dsl for downloads but most providers cap uploads at 128kbps.

[crazyman]

Originally posted by NuclearHeadache
So which is better CABLE or DSL? I have DSL and the speeds are usually the same. I don't get many problems with DSL. I'll rarely lose connection. I hear cable can be very fast. But with the exception of alot more problems occuring. So which is better? I think people who have tryed both will have the best oppinion.

well I use cable,I think they both are good,they both have different problems from time to time,dsl is better if you are close enough,but cable can be real fast,you pretty much answered your own question.ask yourself if the $ and uptime is what you want as well as speed.I have @home cable here and it's real fast ,but I have had alot of problems with my node lately.But I will wait it out and keep it.They are fixing the problem,they oversold the area too fast is the problem.

[Stuman]

I have had both DSL and Cable..I stayed with cable because
I had fewer pain in the ass issues like I had with my DSL.
Cable has never left me without a connection like my DSL provider
did on more than one occaision.

my $0.02

-Stu

[greEd]

cable is the way to go

[the_mp3_refuge]

They both have their advantages, and disadvantages. Cable will almost always download faster then DSL and get very low pings. But durring peak hours of the day the cable may slowdown to slower the 56k speeds and ultra high pings. But it all depends on your cable provider, how many people are on your node, etc... DSL will amlost never have ping spikes and download speed variations. This is because DSL is a connection that isn't like cable. You sign up for a certain package, and you get that bandwidth that no other user can tap into. That's why DSL pings better then cable most of the time, but has slower download speeds. Again there are many factors that contribute towards DSL speeds like provider, CO distance, line quality, etc... It depends. If your DSL does everything you need it to do you won't need to get a new service and possibly have problems. But if ya wan't more like most of us do then give it a try. Hope that helps. Peace:2cool:

[tomsykes]

That is terribly misleading.

When you sign up for DSL, you get a dedicated connection to your local Central Office (CO) Only. From the CO to the internet, you compete for bandwidth with all other customers in your area - which can result in slowdowns.

Usually on both cable and DSL it doesn't, because networks are typically dimensioned properly. However, in some cases you'll notice congestion issues with both technologies.

It does come down to the provider, but for a residential connection, I'd recommend Cable - with usually lower pings and better transfer rates.

[xbit]

I'm on @home and get 7-9.5mbps all day and always low pings.

[YeOldeStonecat]

Gee, haven't seen this question before....LOL.

I'll put in my usual blurb.

There isn't any one answer that is correct for everyone. Nobody here can accurately say that one is better than the other. The answer changes from area to area, because the main thing to look at is which ISPs are available to you, and the answer also depends on what you mainly do.

I've done dozens and dozens of setups of both types, from many different ISPs. Being curious on the performance, whenever I do an onsite setup, I always do some benchmarking.

Generally, in my area (Southeastern Connecticut), cable is much faster in throughput than DSL. Meaning, many setups I've done, the download is often over 3,000, and the upload is often over 300, I've seen uploads commonly above 500 on some. Cables performance often changes throughout the day, it's not the most constant thing. With DSL, it's usually closer to 600 - 1000, with 90 - 115 up. DSL also changes it's performance depending on your distance from the CO....the farther away you are, the less throughput you get. But once you find what your performance is, you'll find it's always the same day in and day out...quite steady.

Now with DSL you often have a choice of which ISP to use. I'm not fond of the performance of the local phone companys DSL. If I had a choice of only getting cable, or DSL with the phone co, then I'd chose cable. But I chose my DSL to come from a very good ISP I had been with for years with dial up, and I'm very pleased with it. Being a very hard core online gamer, ping and tracert is my primary concern, and my DSL blows the snot out of any buddies I have using cable when it comes to low pings. Yeah they can out-download the heck out of me, but I'll outping them any day. I love playing on servers, and having one of the lowest pings on the list.

Back in the dial up days, if you were searching for good dial up performance, you didn't choose they local phone company back then, did you? I doubt it, so why choose them for DSL?

The idea about cable sharing and DSL not sharing, or DSL sharing. Yes with ANY connection eventually you are sharing your bandwidth with other people. But cable performance does fluctuate throughout the day because of others on your node, with cable you're sharing within a few feet of leaving your driveway. With DSL you're sharing as soon as you hit your towns CO, meaing you're at least dedicated to that point, and by the time you're sharing, you're on a much fatter pipe. Heck, you could put an OC-3 to your house and eventually you're sharing. I'd rather not be sharing util much farther down the road, when I'm on a fatter pipe.

Peeps on this list will say one sucks the other rules. Well, I've seen many cases of both sides of the coin. I've seen many people have problems with Cable, and I've seen many people have problems with DSL. I've seen many more people NOT have problems with any one of them also. I haven't had problems with my DSL, I love it. But if I couldn't use my current ISP for my DSL, and I have to use the phone company, I'd probably drop it and go cable.

[JackMDS]

YeOldeStonecat

The trick is to put the standard replies on a Macro.

For thousands of years, people are looking Holy Grail, and they will keep looking.

[YeOldeStonecat]

LOL......yeah,....LOL...