ieolus
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join:2001-06-19
Duluth, GA | Forget the speed...
..it is about the stability of DSL over Cable. I'll take that any day of the week over some lousy bandwidth.
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N3OGH
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join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| said by ieolus  :..it is about the stability of DSL over Cable. I'll take that any day of the week over some lousy bandwidth.
Agreed.
What's the point of bandwidth if you can't connect?
When I had Cable, the connection would go in the shitter every Sunday morning like clockwork. Drove me nuts. I want to read the paper on line, and nothing works.
Great way to spend a Sunday...
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AtlGuy
join:2000-10-17
Marietta, GA | reply to ieolus
I totally agree. I guess I'm more like the "average user" where I couldn't care less about speed. I like a nice, stable connection, and that's what I've had for many years. |
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Maarvin
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join:2005-04-11
Denver, CO | reply to ieolus
Forget the speed, forget all of it! The bottom line is money, money, money. That's all. |
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halfband
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join:2002-06-01
Huntsville, AL
 ·Comcast
| reply to AtlGuy
All depends on where you live. In my area [former bellsouth] it is DSL that is unreliable, if you can get it at all. Comcast cable is rock solid and fast. This could be reversed at the other end of town, I don't know.
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AtlGuy
join:2000-10-17
Marietta, GA
| said by halfband :All depends on where you live. Oh believe me, I realize that. I used to hear some friends complaining about Comcast here where I never really had any issues with my Bellsouth AT&T DSL, but I think that was mostly when Comcast first took over for AT&T Broadband. Now I rarely, if ever, hear anything bad regarding their connectivity. |
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NetFixer
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join:2004-06-24
Murfreesboro, TN
·AT&T Southeast
 ·Vonage
 ·Cingular Wireless
·AT&T CallVantage
·Comcast
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August 7th, @03:49PM
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I will have to agree with that assessment. I have both a Comcast HSI and a Covad dedicated DSL connection, and there is no comparison between the reliability (and quality) of the two services (at least in my area).
Almost anytime there is even a hint of electrical storm activity Comcast (both HSI and TV) goes belly up, but my Covad DSL doesn't even hiccup. All my in-house networking equipment is on a UPS, so that is not part of the equation (along with the fact that this often happens when my utility power is still active).
I have two Vonage VOIP lines, and if I use the Comcast HSI 6600/384 connection most calls are like a cell phone call from a marginal signal area. Using my Covad 1536/384 connection for VOIP on the other hand produces ISDN quality calls. See my post: »Re: Best Vonage Settings for comparative VOIP test results.
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Amadeus
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join:2005-05-02
Miami, FL
·Cingular Wireless
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said by ieolus :..it is about the stability of DSL over Cable. I'll take that any day of the week over some lousy bandwidth. Yep you are 100% right. And plus since we are in a hurricane zone dsl usually comes back on faster than cable.
**Hurricane Wilma** 
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Homebrew1994
Betzwood Basement Brewery
join:2001-11-15
King Of Prussia, PA
·Comcast
| reply to AtlGuy
I totally agree. You can only compare these if they are in houses next to each other.
My parents, living a few blocks away from me, have Verizon DSL. It is the most unreliable connection of anything I have ever heard of. There are people here that swear by the stability of their DSL connection.
I have Comcast and cannot remember the last time I had a connection issue. I have friends a few miles away that have horrible connections with Comcast.
Of course, Comcast completely rewired my entire town a few years ago. In my neighborhood it is all underground. Verizon is using 50 year old wiring. In their neighborhood it is all on poles.
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bogey780
join:2004-03-19
Covington, LA | DSL is engineered for stability. Unless you have a fault on the line you shouldn't lose connection. |
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CConverse
join:2006-01-31
Syracuse, NY
| reply to Homebrew1994
As if enough people haven't agreed already, I personally found that the cable connection in my area isn't oversold so it's very stable... my DSL on the other hand decided to take a crap every time it thunderstormed. Really interfered with checking the local weather radar online... |
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Homebrew1994
Betzwood Basement Brewery
join:2001-11-15
King Of Prussia, PA
·Comcast
| reply to bogey780
said by bogey780 :DSL is engineered for stability. Unless you have a fault on the line you shouldn't lose connection. I cannot say why their connection is so bad, but I would suspect the really old infrastructure in their neighborhood.
I would imagine that cable is also engineered for stability. I can't imagine someone designing instability into the system on purpose.
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