[Hidden-tech] DSL vs cable internet for office

Val Nelson val at valnelson.com
Fri Mar 12 10:56:34 EST 2010


Hi everyone,
Thanks for those excellent responses!! I love Hidden Tech. I'm always raving
about it to anyone who has joined yet.

So it looks like I'd be crazy not to go with Comcast. I admit my experience
with Comcast has been better too. And their customer service is quite good,
especially if you go via Twitter.

Now I have to get my own wireless router. DSL comes with it but Comcast
doesn't. Anyone have one they're not using?

Thanks

Val

On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:

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> At Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:38:56 -0500 Stefan Gonick
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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.
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> 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.
> > >
> > >
> > >On Mar 10, 2010, at 1:59 PM, Val Nelson wrote:
> > >
> > >>   ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's
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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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