[Hidden-tech] DSL vs cable internet for office

Robert Heller heller at deepsoft.com
Thu Mar 11 18:34:20 EST 2010


At Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:38:56 -0500 Stefan Gonick <stefan at DatabaseWebWorks.com> wrote:

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> 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.

Verizon's FIOS is not available in Western Mass, and it is unlikely that
it ever will be anytime soon.

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> Stefan
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> At 09:42 AM 3/11/2010, you wrote:
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> >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.
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> >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?
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> >>I need to set up Internet access in my office and these are the two 
> >>choices in my price range:
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> >>Comcast cable internet $59.95/month
> >>    * Downloads 6-12 mb, uploads 1-2 mb
> >>    * "Internet speeds up to 15 times faster than DSL"
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> >>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.
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> >>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.
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> >>Which option would you do?
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> >>Thank you!!
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> >>Val
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