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If you have a choice between cable and DSL, cable is the way to go -- hands down.
Cable vs DSL
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riptides
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( <font color="blue"> It's hard for me to believe there are still folks out there suffering through dial up. </font> )</font>
It is a crime.
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( <font color="green"> The last figures I saw were 50 million people have broadband while 70 million have dialup. </font> )</font>
And add another 100 million that don't have anything.
Criminal I say! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
-Mike Z. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
It is a crime.
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( <font color="green"> The last figures I saw were 50 million people have broadband while 70 million have dialup. </font> )</font>
And add another 100 million that don't have anything.
Criminal I say! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
-Mike Z. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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Where I live my only choices for broadband are wireless or satellite. I am now trying to make a decision which. Both are the same per month but satellite has a lower up front cost.
My dial up is almost tolerable, I routinely get 48 to 51 Kbps and why I don't know. Verizon has been upgrading their lines and has installed some optics but they still say I cannot get DSL.
Vernon
My dial up is almost tolerable, I routinely get 48 to 51 Kbps and why I don't know. Verizon has been upgrading their lines and has installed some optics but they still say I cannot get DSL.
Vernon
MikePA
Cable for sure, bandwidth! The more bandwidth you have the more you can do with it. When I lived in Western PA 2 years ago, we had cable with 4 computers networked together, home office with a dedicated fax line 2 Vonage Internet phone systems (VOIP) Vonage was great I had no ATT or Verizon phone bill. My son and I played on line games like America's Army everyday. It was the best cable/phone system I ever had. Now in the sticks of Ohio and can only get DSL. I just upgraded to Verizon's new 3.0 which is 3X faster than standard. It works OK. If I had a choice it would be cable. The faster the better!
Malvern
Cable for sure, bandwidth! The more bandwidth you have the more you can do with it. When I lived in Western PA 2 years ago, we had cable with 4 computers networked together, home office with a dedicated fax line 2 Vonage Internet phone systems (VOIP) Vonage was great I had no ATT or Verizon phone bill. My son and I played on line games like America's Army everyday. It was the best cable/phone system I ever had. Now in the sticks of Ohio and can only get DSL. I just upgraded to Verizon's new 3.0 which is 3X faster than standard. It works OK. If I had a choice it would be cable. The faster the better!
Malvern
ByronBob
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For the savings I'd try it and you could go back later if you need to. It can't hurt.
Why does your e-mail change have to be a problem. Isn't there a way to forward it to your new addy......
Why does your e-mail change have to be a problem. Isn't there a way to forward it to your new addy......
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Hey all,
I just had my Wildblue satellite installed on 11/23/05, and I'm very satisfied so far. I signed up for the Valuepak, (advertised at 500 download, 128 upload) and I'm getting over 500kb download speeds most of the time, and around 100-110kb for upload speeds.
They have had some glitches in the upload speeds in some states, and I am told they are working on those problems. There are a few websites out there that have very good info concerning this relatively new technology. Most areas have to rely on installation by NRTC (National Rural Telecommunications Companies), and there are only 3 in my area of Wisconsin.
wildblue.com is the main company website, enter your zipcode to see if it's available in your area.
wildblue.cc is one of the independant "forum" websites. I learned almost all of my info from this site, although most readers would never get wildblue if they read this site first! Lots of techy people, lots of whiners too.
Hopefully posting links is not against forum rules.
I just had my Wildblue satellite installed on 11/23/05, and I'm very satisfied so far. I signed up for the Valuepak, (advertised at 500 download, 128 upload) and I'm getting over 500kb download speeds most of the time, and around 100-110kb for upload speeds.
They have had some glitches in the upload speeds in some states, and I am told they are working on those problems. There are a few websites out there that have very good info concerning this relatively new technology. Most areas have to rely on installation by NRTC (National Rural Telecommunications Companies), and there are only 3 in my area of Wisconsin.
wildblue.com is the main company website, enter your zipcode to see if it's available in your area.
wildblue.cc is one of the independant "forum" websites. I learned almost all of my info from this site, although most readers would never get wildblue if they read this site first! Lots of techy people, lots of whiners too.
Hopefully posting links is not against forum rules.
Freds
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( you could go back later if you need to. )</font>
Not neccesarily. That's what my whole post was basically about. Once your DSL has been turned off, the phone co. may not be able to hook it back up because their records may indicate the line has become too long. In my case they went by the book and not the common sense that told them it was working earlier that day /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
Also, I've changed email addys a few times and some co.'s will forward it for a while and some won't. Sure, the user name can stay the same if it isn't taken, but the @verizon.net or @ adelphia.net or @aol.com will mean you have a new address. Forwarding needs to be done by the compnay you are dropping.
Not neccesarily. That's what my whole post was basically about. Once your DSL has been turned off, the phone co. may not be able to hook it back up because their records may indicate the line has become too long. In my case they went by the book and not the common sense that told them it was working earlier that day /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
Also, I've changed email addys a few times and some co.'s will forward it for a while and some won't. Sure, the user name can stay the same if it isn't taken, but the @verizon.net or @ adelphia.net or @aol.com will mean you have a new address. Forwarding needs to be done by the compnay you are dropping.
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If the CATV Co is offering more bandwidth and it will save money for you it is hard to turn down. As said earlier, the extra bandwidth will probably only be noticed if you have other users or computers sharing the bandwidth or very large files. One reason the CATV company would like you to become a customer is many phone companies are deploying video over DSL. Neither the DSL or CATV would have any noticable latency. CATV has the option of delivering greater bandwidth and they want to show it. Good point about the power issue but a good CATV system properly maintained has battery backup for power supplies and generators. CATV was new at telephony, now they are running with the big dogs.
