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Posted by Laura on June 22, 2007, 4:21 pm
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While cable generally tends to be faster than DSL, my experience with
Verizon DSL has been pretty bad. I have cable here in NJ but have verizon
DSL in MA at my mom's. We keep losing connection or have problems connecting
to the internet. Their customer care has been outsourced to India and are
clueless. So be very careful when switching providers. Some are good and
some are bad. Ask your neighbors before you switch.
> Laura:
>
> You and PeteH are quite correct, I decided to download XP SP2 from the
> Microsoft download site, 266MB, averaged just under 5MB/min.
> Works out to ~666Mbs, if my arithmetic is correct. (Comcast *IS* the
> Devil!)
> Funny that that's actually slower than the cut-rate AT&T DSL.
> I know, not so funny for people who need the speed, but DAMN, I may check
> out DSL ;-)
>
> Bob
>
>>>>
> It also depends on the quality of the lines in your area. My step daughter
> just dropped Comcast because the lines were garbage. Comcast bought up so
> many old cable system over the years that their infrastructure in many
> areas
> results in poor internet service. One could also have the same type of
> issues with DSL if the phone lines in the area are old too. Only ISPs that
> are actively replacing their lines with fiber optics seem to be getting
> decent service.
>
>> PeterH:
>>
>> Well, that would explain why they're not making a bigger deal out of it.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>>>>
>> Be careful... this is their "Powerboost" or some such name. It allows
>> downloads at a very high speed for a specific period of time then goes
>> back to "normal" speeds.
>>
>> For quick text downloads like yours, it's fine. Get into larger files
>> and their speeds suck compared to what they say you are to get.
>>
>> Service people were here three times and said my "levels" were good,
>> but I get faster downloads via wireless from a neighbor's DSL.
>>
>> PeterH
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:20:48 -0600, "Bob Wang"
>>
>>>Totally off topic.
>>>
>>>I don't do any heavy duty downloading, don't watch videos, listen to
>>>music,
>>>etc.
>>>So, I was not aware that Comcast had quietly tripled download speeds.
>>>I WAS pleasantly surpirsed though, when I ran a speed test out of idle
>>>curiosity.
>>>
>>>Bob
>>>
>>
>>
>
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