Clive and I were discussing this the other day when we were talking about what kind of internet is available in Guam. We know for sure they have DSL and dial up (SHUDDERS) and he said he heard that cable is faster than dsl so I was wanting to get other people's thoughts on it as well. I've only had dial up (SHUDDERS) and cable so I have no idea about DSL.

Liz

cable is supposedly faster than dsl, but who can count ?

I've got the cable tv / computer / phone package and you can't beat the price, but I am always having issues with the TV service, and if I call after hours I get to talk to Floyd Umparanjeeenomopurajaghamannnoemamoood . . .

LMAO - but as I told Clive I'll take ANYTHING over dial up (SHUDDERS)

My own experience is that cable is faster than the business level DSL we use, but only slightly. You probably wouldn't notice any difference at all in your day-to-day use. I only ran a "speed test" to see if we were really getting the speed BellSouth said we'd get at the office.

Liz62803

cable advertises itself as being 5 times faster then dialup. that's in the download range of 300 to 400 bps.

cable uses the 5 times as a big deal.

with dsl you should expect to get about 700 bps.

price is probably the same. dsl can be hooked up with the lines split. one for your computer and one for the phone. dsl usually offers filters for the phone, but if the line is split at the outside phone box, you won't need filters.

the only problem, easily corrected is losing the dsl

connection. turn off the computer and unplug the power to the dsl modem. wait about a minute and plug in the dsl. when you get the three lights on, turn on the computer and you should be all right.

if not call the dsl office and see if there is trouble

in your area. if there is, wait until the trouble is supposed to be cleared and try again.

thanks 00 I kinda figured they were very close in speed but just wanted to toss the question out and when Clive gets the time I'll have him come read the responses 🙂

I had DSL. I have cable now.

As far as surfing goes, there is really very little difference. You click on a link and the page pops up as soon as you click on it. Pretty quick.

Downloads are a different story. My son says cable is about 25% faster than DSL in most cases. He should know... he's always on the computer.

Cable is by far the fastest and best. Clicking on sites is almost like changing TV channels. Download speed is amazingly faster, especially for large files. I haven't had a "home phone line" in five years, and haven't missed it. We each have a cell phone, and cable service for TV and internet.

Tuck

Unless you go with fiber optic dsl...should be available by summer and is same price as regular cable but 30% faster.

If you only surf the web then get the business dsl. Here in NYC it's only 15 bucks a month. For the fater dsl, its 30 buck. Cable is 35 for 6 months and 50 there after.

Speeds go like this:

Business DSL-1.5mbps

DSL- 3.0 mbps

Cable-10mbps

Fiber optic DSL- 13mbps

mbps= mega bits per second

thanks everyone for your responses. I'm sure once I get over there we'll look into things in more depth. We'll definitely check to see what is and isn't available in our area.

it depends where ya are. here in the heartland, i'v got dsl, 512k, and its $49.95. in the areas that have cable hsd, its $39.99 for 3 meg. the phone co. has me under thier thumb, and they know it. what they don't realize is i'll remember this, and so will alot of other people.

fiber to the home, well in larger cities its gonna be a reality. how it will hold up, well, thats another story. bottom line here is, if all you're gonna do is surf, go with whoever treats you the best, packagewise. try to do better than a meg of speed if ya can.

I hear ya Blacky... I got Adelphia cable (they flat out suck for cable TV) and they charge me $43.99 a month for my internet service.

It's fast as a mofo, but not worth the price if you ask me.

My phone company is Verizon (whom I am seriously considering telling to piss off) and they suck too. I am seriously thinking about vonage. Hell... we all have cell phones anyway (Sprint). I'm wasting $$.

beepbeep.... love the roadrunner.....

dsl here. $30 a month. Roadrunner is $50. Up to five times faster? Sure, and maybe Andy is up to 5 times smarter than I am.

Up to 5 times faster doesn't mean 5 times faster. Its all marketing bullshirt.

(Andy being 5 times smarter than me is a given).

yep macs, i'm payin more that you, and you're gettin 10 times the speed as me. friggin fone co.!! my cable co. is great as far as programming and service, but no hsd. as lond as you have cable hsd, vonage would be the way to go, unless yer cable co. offers phone, then i would take thier package. that way they are there to solve problems for ya. voice over ip, or "voip", (for you techno challenged surfers out there), is the way to go.

yep cycleman, hsd is a good thing. theres just some things i gotta live without in trade for country livin. i just ain't no city boy. }:^)~

actually 8, it is faster. its just you probly don't do or use anything that requires or uses the extra speed. just ask a "gamer", and they'll tell ya. there's actually alot of stuff a person can do with the extra speed. some people's professions are dependant on it. }:^)~

Blacky,

So you download porn at warp speed as your profession?

Interesting.

8track's right. It's UP TO 5x faster. It doesn't mean it IS 5x faster. It all depends on how many hubs you have to go thru to get to the switch. I'm stuck on RoadRunner in a congested ring in San Diego. RR's network topology really sucks.

i take my porn downloading very seriously!!!!!!!!!!!!!

that's good to know Blacky...You have mail