halfband
Premium
join:2002-06-01
Huntsville, AL
 ·Comcast
| reply to AtlGuy
Re: Forget the speed...
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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Homebrew1994
Betzwood Basement Brewery
join:2001-11-15
King Of Prussia, PA
·Comcast
| 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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