 TzaleProud Libertarian ConservativePremium
join:2004-01-06
NYC Metro | DSL vs Cable $14.95/month for 768/128 VS $45.95/month for 15,000/2,000? Which is better? If you are the type of person who only likes to check his mail, and wants an always on connection, the $14.95/month DSL deal from Verizon is CHEAPER in some cases than dialup. Real "broadband" like cable, which provides much more bandwidth, also costs more. So only people who really want it will get it.
Cable is clearly the winner if you count "21st century broadband." If you count 1990's broadband as "broadband" then DSL will clearly win.
-Tzale
--
»www.hello-radio.org/
|
|
|
|
| Telcos just look more attractive to the grandmas and grandpas still using AOL dial-up and are not savvy with computers at all. To them, as long as its faster than dial-up, they dont care, so they go on price. You have to admit, most of America is computer illiterate, and to those people DSL is just more attractive. Cable companies could start having better "value" tiers to compete with the telcos, but they dont do that because they would lose a lot of customers off their higher speed tiers who would just want cheaper internet. |
|
 fgrir
join:2005-04-15
Indianapolis, IN | reply to Tzale
said by Tzale:$14.95/month for 768/128 VS $45.95/month for 15,000/2,000? Which is better? If you are the type of person who only likes to check his mail, and wants an always on connection, the $14.95/month DSL deal from Verizon is CHEAPER in some cases than dialup. Real "broadband" like cable, which provides much more bandwidth, also costs more. So only people who really want it will get it. Cable is clearly the winner if you count "21st century broadband." If you count 1990's broadband as "broadband" then DSL will clearly win. -Tzale You don't have a clue ? your talking about. I have cable @ home and dsl is @ my mothers house, I have shared the 1.5 meg connection with three people @ the same time and still couldn't tell the difference between that or my 7 meg line @ home. I'v had lots of experience w/both types and unless your a very heavy power user you would be an idiot to pay that kind of money to get on the internet if both are available. The comment "real broadband" just means a shared high speed connection, Most dsl is "high speed internet" which is superior to broadband because it isn't shared until it hits a fiber backbone. Where is this 15000/2000 speeds? You must be thinking of fios, Upload speeds w/cable suck. There both good internet but saying cable is so much better is just plain ignorant. |
|
 JigsawStardust We ArePremium
join:2000-10-21
Cleveland, OH
1 edit | »www.optimumonline.com/index.jhtm···_landing
30/2 Tops with Optimum online and most cable company's are going to 15/2 in the very near future lest i know Cox has rolled it(15/2) out in several of there areas they serve.
--
»www.auralmoon.com/html/ Stimulating ears for 6 years |
|
| I agree, DSL is for lower end budget subscribers and cable for higher end subs. Comparing the two major broadband players here, from Fall 2004 to Fall 2005 Verizon DSL went from 1.5MB to 3MB for $29.95 while Road Runner is $39.95 (for cable TV customers) and went from 3MB to 7MB. I have Road Runner Premium at 8MB, and it think that's too damn slow, I can't imagine going back to 3MB. 768K for $14.95 is a complete joke to me, I’d pay Verizon $14.95 a month just to stop sending me their crap in the mail.
Telcos can lower the price of DSL all they want, but I'd rather have the increase in speed rather then a lower monthly bill. I can't wait until Time Warner goes 15MB here for RR Premium. |
|
