[Hidden-tech] DSL vs cable internet for office

[Stefan Gonick]

I would definitely recommend Comcast over DSL. However, you might 
want to consider
Verizon's FIOS. It's faster than cable and may be cheaper right now.

Stefan

At 09:42 AM 3/11/2010, you wrote:


>I wouldn't trust DSL.  I've been testing U/D speeds on our DSL line 
>at the office and recently got <Mbit up.  If you ever intend on 
>sharing files of even moderate size, go with Comcast, it is just not 
>worth $10/mo to throttle your bandwidth like that.
>
>
>On Mar 10, 2010, at 1:59 PM, Val Nelson wrote:
>
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>>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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