dsl/cable-cable

[storkus at storkus.com]

I can't ignore this anymore, my curiosity is killing me: all of these
speeds
you refer to, AFAIK, is download.  But who is the UPLOAD speed champ?
Or do any of these companies care about that?

And while we're at it, what kinds of upload speeds are you all getting
with
cable vs dsl?

Here at my motel, we have a T-1 coming in from Echelon (formerly ATG
back
in Reno, don't know about down here).  Part of it is used for voice
trunking
to our old fashioned PBX and most of the rest of the channels are used
for
internet.  The result is that we get about 500k usable up and down which
is
nice for being synchronous (for gaming, say) but sucks ass when people
start
doing even normal web surfing because everything is so media-heavy. 
I've
thought about adding an ADSL line to increase the down speed and then
using our firewall for semi-intelligent load balancing, but I don't
think the
boss will go for it.

Oh, and we don't have cable coming in here, we use DirecTV for that, so
cable internet isn't an option, AFAIK. (That is, no plant coming in
either.)

The point of the above is just thinking how far we've come (good or bad)
when
just 2 people trying to use the same slow WAN connection at once can
lead to
major problems.  And yet some still use dial-up!

Mike

On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:14:12 -0700, "Michael Sammartano"
<volinaz at cox.net> said:
> Here is a link that explains most of what you 'want' to know. Most of the
> valley is using DOCSIS 2 or 3 and ADSL. The speeds you may compare and
> base your decision on that. FWIW though, Cable will always be faster from
> an engineering standpoint, and the cable companies have made it clear we
> will see 1gbps or more in the very near future. I am sure you will hear
> more about why DSL is faster ( they are opinions as well ) but you can't
> argue with the physical characteristics from one to the other. DSL is
> priced accordingly and so is cable. Some complain cable has been a
> hassle, others say the same about DSL. I personally have been using cable
> since version 1 ( cable download and phone upload ) and I have
> experienced only a few disturbances. I also live less than 1/4mile from
> Shea Blvd. and there is Fiber there so my speeds are great. In other
> areas of town, there is more copper and older lines. There are alot of
> things factoring into the opinions you will hear, but the bottom li
>  ne is cable is faster..
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_device_bandwidths
> ---- Michael March <mmarch at gmail.com> wrote: 
> > When DSL is tuned up an the conditions are right, it can match cable. Cable
> > is more consistent in its 'good' quality.
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > <admiral>
> > 
> > Michael F. March ----- mmarch at gmail dot com
> > "Seriously" - HSR
> 
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