Wolfie00
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Re: DSL vs Cable
said by tschmidt  :Customer satisfaction has more to do with ISP business practices then underlying technology. Give that man a cigar!  That's the issue in a nutshell.
Cable and DSL are most assuredly very different, but the performance of each is determined much more by the policies of the ISP and the infrastructure provider (if that happens to be someone else) than by the inherent technology.
For example, DSL can be plagued by distance to the CO or DSLAM but a reputable DSL ISP won't make promises that can't be met, or feeble excuses after the fact. Cable has no distance issues but a less-than-reputable operator might overload the PHUB in preference to spending any money on segmentation and equipment upgrades. Either one can shaft you with throttling and traffic shaping and bandwidth caps. And the quality of customer service can make a huge difference as well.
So it all depends, completely and unpredictably, on exactly where your house is located. If I were making a decision in a new unfamiliar neighborhood, I'd find some knowledgeable folks in the immediate area who actually care what speeds they're getting, and ask them what they prefer! There's no way to give generic advice. It's too bad that so many cable operators are such idiots because they do have the technological edge and the theoretical ability to provide the highest bandwidth, but if their engineers are incompetent and they hire drunken monkeys as customer service staff, it doesn't really help!
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