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sims
join:2013-04-06

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sims

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Best internet providers in 2019: How to choose cable vs. DSL vs. satellite a

Arranged from typical worst to best;
Just say no to dial-up. After you add in the cost of the POTS line it costs as much as a normal broadband subscription nowadays and pretty much no one needs or uses a copper landline anymore. Otherwise it's too slow to use modern sites. IME super reliable but super slow. Same backup power supply as xDSL

Satellite is better than dial-up but worse than any other uncapped option at or over ~5Mbps due to low usage caps and latency. You will have problems with rain fade from time to time...even if it's not raining on your end.

xDSL is decent if you end up with something uncapped, typically works in a power outage if you can power your modem.

A WISP is usually faster than ADSL-ADSL2+ but not VDSL and above, LTE is is about the same speed/price but typically capped.

Cable is almost always faster than whatever xDSL is available in the area, however due to network topology is often not built to handle power outages as well as the above options.

Fixed 5G, super limited availability but if you can get it the speeds and pricing are better than many cable plans. Currently the only fixed 5G provider is uncapped looks to revert to LTE in event of power loss.

Fiber, typically the fastest lowest latency connection available in an area, usually reasonably priced and uncapped usually PON that doesn't require powered repeaters resulting in a service that works well even in local power outages as long as you can power the ONT on your side.

beck
MVM
join:2002-01-29
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beck

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What a crock!

"Dish must cover 70% of the country with 5G by June 2023 or pay $2.2 billion"
Right. If they cover 1 person within 1 block with service 1% of the time, all will be forgiven that they didn't make the "goal". Why even put this stuff in the contracts they don't have to honor? Makes it look good. Geez.