Speed of cable vs. dsl vs T1?

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Speed of cable vs. dsl vs T1? Hymer 09-27-2005
Posted by $Bill on September 28, 2005, 5:43 pm
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Hymer wrote:
>
> Hi Bill,
>
> I am now paying $42.99 for DSL 384 Kbps up and 1.5 Mbps down.
>
> Cable at $29.99 for 384 Kbps up and 4 Mbps down sounds very attractive to
> me.
>
> Do you agree?

Works for me - I'm paying like $46 ($3 of which is modem rental) for
my cable (4.8/463). But you have to consider the price after the
initial trial period rather than just the bait price. $40 for 4/384
seems fair enough and a $30 trial is a bonus (I got 6 mos at half price
with mine). If you have critical need for access, DSL might be more
favorable (should be less down time than cable).


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Posted by Quaoar on September 28, 2005, 5:53 pm
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Hymer wrote:
>> Hymer wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Guys,
>>>
>>> I agree - go with the cheapest service. The Comcast deal is 29.99
>>> for 12 months, no contract, and goes to their normal rate of
>>> something like $45/mo.
>>> after it is over.
>>>
>>> I am just uploading and downloading documents for business. But
>>> most of the
>>> time I am just using the Internet in the usual ways.
>>>
>>> I just wasn't sure if I was missing the unit of measurement (byte
>>> vs. bit)
>>> when looking at the various services.
>>
>> Most cable is migrating up to 5-6 Kbps (Kilobits per second)
>> downstream and
>> .5 Kbps or so upstream. If you getting much less than that, $45
>> starts becoming expensive compared to DSL at maybe $30 or so and
>> slightly less bandwidth.
>
>
> Hi Bill,
>
> I am now paying $42.99 for DSL 384 Kbps up and 1.5 Mbps down.
>
> Cable at $29.99 for 384 Kbps up and 4 Mbps down sounds very
> attractive to me.
>
> Do you agree?
>
> Bob

Do you realize in practice the DSL speeds advertised? Cable might come
at the cost of a $100 service call if you do not now have cable
television, and the $29 per month might be a short term price at a long
term price not much different than you pay for DSL now. The difference
in 1500Mbps down and 4Mbps down is largely immaterial since it is very
rare that the servers providing download will move more than maybe
70-100KB/s (700-1000Kbps). I see the equivalent of 6Mbps only on a very
small set of servers for single file downloads, FWIW.

Q




Posted by Hymer on September 29, 2005, 3:55 am
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> Hymer wrote:
>>> Hymer wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Guys,
>>>>
>>>> I agree - go with the cheapest service. The Comcast deal is 29.99
>>>> for 12 months, no contract, and goes to their normal rate of
>>>> something like $45/mo.
>>>> after it is over.
>>>>
>>>> I am just uploading and downloading documents for business. But
>>>> most of the
>>>> time I am just using the Internet in the usual ways.
>>>>
>>>> I just wasn't sure if I was missing the unit of measurement (byte
>>>> vs. bit)
>>>> when looking at the various services.
>>>
>>> Most cable is migrating up to 5-6 Kbps (Kilobits per second)
>>> downstream and
>>> .5 Kbps or so upstream. If you getting much less than that, $45
>>> starts becoming expensive compared to DSL at maybe $30 or so and
>>> slightly less bandwidth.
>>
>>
>> Hi Bill,
>>
>> I am now paying $42.99 for DSL 384 Kbps up and 1.5 Mbps down.
>>
>> Cable at $29.99 for 384 Kbps up and 4 Mbps down sounds very
>> attractive to me.
>>
>> Do you agree?
>>
>> Bob
>
> Do you realize in practice the DSL speeds advertised? Cable might come at
> the cost of a $100 service call if you do not now have cable television,
> and the $29 per month might be a short term price at a long term price not
> much different than you pay for DSL now. The difference in 1500Mbps down
> and 4Mbps down is largely immaterial since it is very rare that the
> servers providing download will move more than maybe 70-100KB/s
> (700-1000Kbps). I see the equivalent of 6Mbps only on a very small set of
> servers for single file downloads, FWIW.
>
> Q

The $29 price is for 12 months. I called Comcast and they confirmed that
they have individuals who sell direct at that price. I thought it was odd
because Comcast sells it at a higher price but they said that the direct
sales people do have that offer. That's what got me interested.

Bob




Posted by Ron Hunter on September 29, 2005, 4:19 am
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Hymer wrote:
>> Hymer wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Guys,
>>>
>>> I agree - go with the cheapest service. The Comcast deal is 29.99 for 12
>>> months, no contract, and goes to their normal rate of something like
>>> $45/mo.
>>> after it is over.
>>>
>>> I am just uploading and downloading documents for business. But most of
>>> the
>>> time I am just using the Internet in the usual ways.
>>>
>>> I just wasn't sure if I was missing the unit of measurement (byte vs.
>>> bit)
>>> when looking at the various services.
>> Most cable is migrating up to 5-6 Kbps (Kilobits per second) downstream
>> and
>> .5 Kbps or so upstream. If you getting much less than that, $45 starts
>> becoming expensive compared to DSL at maybe $30 or so and slightly less
>> bandwidth.
>
>
> Hi Bill,
>
> I am now paying $42.99 for DSL 384 Kbps up and 1.5 Mbps down.
>
> Cable at $29.99 for 384 Kbps up and 4 Mbps down sounds very attractive to
> me.
>
> Do you agree?
>
> Bob
>
>
Absolutely!
Go for it!


--
Ron Hunter rphunter@charter.net


Posted by Hymer on September 29, 2005, 6:26 pm
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> Hymer wrote:
>>> Hymer wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Guys,
>>>>
>>>> I agree - go with the cheapest service. The Comcast deal is 29.99 for
>>>> 12
>>>> months, no contract, and goes to their normal rate of something like
>>>> $45/mo.
>>>> after it is over.
>>>>
>>>> I am just uploading and downloading documents for business. But most of
>>>> the
>>>> time I am just using the Internet in the usual ways.
>>>>
>>>> I just wasn't sure if I was missing the unit of measurement (byte vs.
>>>> bit)
>>>> when looking at the various services.
>>> Most cable is migrating up to 5-6 Kbps (Kilobits per second) downstream
>>> and
>>> .5 Kbps or so upstream. If you getting much less than that, $45 starts
>>> becoming expensive compared to DSL at maybe $30 or so and slightly less
>>> bandwidth.
>>
>>
>> Hi Bill,
>>
>> I am now paying $42.99 for DSL 384 Kbps up and 1.5 Mbps down.
>>
>> Cable at $29.99 for 384 Kbps up and 4 Mbps down sounds very attractive to
>> me.
>>
>> Do you agree?
>>
>> Bob
> Absolutely!
> Go for it!
>
>
> --
> Ron Hunter rphunter@charter.net

Hi Ron,

I just got off the phone from Comcast. They are running a special in our
area that includes High Speed Internet, Digital Cable, HDTV, and a TiVo type
setup with an 80 hour drive for $76/mo. for everything for 12 months, no
contract.

That was too good to pass up so I am getting it.

Bob




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