major marco
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| DSL is not superior to cable or vice versa
I started out with cable internet and was pretty happy with it while it lasted but when circumstances beyond my control made me have to dump my cable internet, DSL was my only other broadband choice.
Frankly, the only plus that cable has over DSL is a higher upload speed and the only plus that DSL has over cable is that bandwidth doesn't degrade as noticeably and as annoyingly as cable does when there are too many users on the same node. Otherwise, I think the reason why DSL seems to be more prevalent in the state is simply because more people live within the 2 mile limit to the switch in their neighborhoods, not because one is better than the other. When it comes right down to it and from what I have seen firsthand, they both have their ups & downs and the one thing you can almost always count on with either method of broadband delivery are the outtages.
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Jammy
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| Well . . .I started out with cable here in San Diego back in 1998. Very lousy service, being down the first 5 days after my installation. I was the only household on my node. I switched the PacBell's DSL which I kept for 13 months . . .constantly hassling with them over my lousy download and upload speeds even though eventually I was uncapped. I went back to my Cox cable internet even though they were still with @Home, because their download (and upload) speeds were so much faster than my 1.5/256 DSL.
Even through the transition for @Home partnership to Cox HSI I have now had no problems with Cox's service and I will never consider PacBell's (SBC) "tiered" DSL again! I love my constant high speeds with Cox (usually 3200+/256) and the ease of contacting support if needed. No more waiting on hold for the seemingly non-existent PacBell now SBC techs. Anyways . . .I pay only $29.95 a month for my Cox HSI and to receive the same speeds from PacBell would incur a monthly cost of $49.95 (or more).
Cox Rocks!
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major marco
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| said by Jammy  :
Well . . .I started out with cable here in San Diego back in 1998.
I was living in SD back then and got cable internet from them in '99. It sounds like you're pretty happy with the service. Cox San Diego has always been really good about customer service but I wonder if they've oversold their cable internet yet. I may be moving back to SD and plan to check them out provided that the service isn't so oversubscribed that bandwidth is down to a trickle.
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