Homebrew1994
Betzwood Basement Brewery
join:2001-11-15
King Of Prussia, PA
 ·Comcast
| reply to AtlGuy
Re: Forget the speed...
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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