[Hidden-tech] DSL vs cable internet for office

[Kevin Phillips]

My personal experience in this area is we have a superb internet connection
from Comcast in any area they serve whilst DSL ranges from OK in downtown
Springfield to outright horrible in other places. DSL is very touchy about
the quality of the line and distance involved, cable does not seem affected
by this.
For example I have a customer who beats the hell out of their Comcast
business connection with video and graphics plus 6 digital voice lines and I
don't recall it ever going down in 3 years.
Another has DSL in Springfield and I get a call every 4 to 6 months that it
stopped working and reboots don't always fix it...sometimes they just have
to wait it out.
 

Kevin Phillips 
KPIT Consulting 
kevin at kpitconsulting.com 
Office (413) 420-0212
Cell (413) 330-7789 

www.kpitconsulting.com <http://www.kpitconsulting.com/> 

www.wmassforums.com <http://www.wmassforums.com/> 

 

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[mailto:hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net] On Behalf Of Val
Nelson
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 2:00 PM
To: Hidden-Tech Listserv
Subject: [Hidden-tech] DSL vs cable internet for office


Hi HT friends,
Sorry to ask this age-old question but I feel overwhelmed by the tech talk
when talking to Comcast and Verizon. Can you help give me some perspective
on these options?

I need to set up Internet access in my office and these are the two choices
in my price range:

Comcast cable internet $59.95/month 


*	Downloads 6-12 mb, uploads 1-2 mb


*	"Internet speeds up to 15 times faster than DSL"


Verizon DSL $49.99/month 


*	"Up to 5.0M"

It will mostly be for one user at a time, but occasionally up to 5 users at
a time. I'm in a building that probably has no Comcast users yet because
they just installed it here, but eventually might have more. 

Will I notice a difference in speed between these two options? I'm not doing
any major downloading or uploading but I give my browser a run for its
money.

Which option would you do?

Thank you!!

Val

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