Comments on: What is better: Cable or DSL?

By: Cheap DSL Internet

Cheap DSL Internet — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 01:43:30 +0000

Nice explanation. I use comcast internet for one reason, the speed.

I have tried others like Qwest and Verizon but am never able to be satisfied with the speed. I have 4 computers online at once at home so the 10 Mbps is required.

If anyone has any other services that can give the same speed with better service, please do let me know.

By: Yojimbo

Yojimbo — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:05:21 +0000

@Darroll:

There is no ‘exactly.’ Download/upload speed is determined by a number of factors, and there are other issues than speed, like reliability, as mentioned above. Both cable and DSL are generally much faster than dialup, but beyond that it all depends on your location, available infrastructure, the number of users making requests (primarily a cable issue), and your provider.

You also may not have a choice. DSL generally requires that you live within several miles of a CO (providing phone company’s Central Office) to get adequate quality of service, where cable companies can install the necessary cabling for you. If you’re in one of those rare but existing areas where you can get neither DSL nor cable, you’re stuck with either satellite or dialup.

By: Darroll W McKinney

Darroll W McKinney — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:21:01 +0000

Exactly how much faster is cable over phone lines???

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:06:01 +0000

I’ve used them both and continue to use cable (Comcast) because of it superior bandwidth on the download side. It is MUCH more costly, though. Time will tell if AT&T and/or Verizon will make it to my area with fiber. That will be a game-changer.

By: Arijeet

Arijeet — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:33:12 +0000

i m connecting through DSL connection ,,,, its showing me that computer is connected to network…. But internet explorer is showing “page cannot be displayed “, even after making all connection setting

By: dwar

dwar — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:02:56 +0000

according to me if you want consistance speed dsl is best but cable is much cheaper it is most widely use d in local cyber cafes and the speed depends on user s less user more speed there is hack in cable to get higher speed but it not work on dsl

By: Computer Repair man

Computer Repair man — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:25:12 +0000

Comcast does have higher bandwith but it does tend to cost a little more. I myslef have DSL from qwest and do a ton of downloading. In my area there are not a ton of DSL users so my speed is fast.

Both Comcast and Qwest DSL have Mcafee for free. There are difference in this.

Comcast Mcafee: Virus, Spyware, firewall, personal security, data backup features

Qwest Mcafee: Virus, Firewall, personal security. They do however offer spysweeper from webroot as there spyware program.

Just something else to keep in mind

By: Neal

Neal — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:47:41 +0000

I tend to agree with the first answer – depends. However I have found Verizon to be MUCH more reliable than Comcast Cable ever was. Despite the 1/2 speed difference the service is seamless. If I was pushing a lot of image files up to some site, I would miss the extra 3 mbps but other than that, I never see even the slightest delay in my Internet usage.

The fact that Comcast tends to abuse their customers, at least anyone with a problem in my state, is reason enough to find another solution. I even considered satellite for my Internet connection versus Comcast, but it was cost prohibitive.

Distance from the Central Office will impact bandwidth from DSL, but that compared to garbage service from Comcast seems to be mitigated pretty easily.

Hope that helps. Yes, if you can get FiOS, Take it!!! Totally agree with answer C!!!