(on signal)
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Originally posted by railz
If I recall my basic electronics training, doesn't a thicker cable have more resistance? Ergo, a smaller copper conductor will be less lossy?
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true... if we were talking about an electrical current instead of a broadband signal. But we're not.
(on frequencies)
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Originally posted by railz
Add to the fact that a DSL line is just for that one purpose and does not have to carry X amount of channels over different freqencies, then you should have a cleaner signal (which is, to my understanding, the basic problem with cable as it stands now).
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DSL isn't capable of carrying more than that frequency
because the wires are so small... cable has room for frequencies they've not even used yet.
(on nodes)
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Originally posted by railz
Not so sadly. It DOES depend on where you live and is slightly dependand on distance to the nearest node.
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sorry bro... in the world of cable.... a node is essentially just a fancy name for "an area". (yeah, there's more to it than that, but that's it at it's core) As far as the actual gear in that "node"... they can add or subtract as much gear as they need.
(on distance)
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Originally posted by railz
It is limited by distance, but not for the same reasons as DSL is. DSL is dependant on the distance to the exchange that's capable of swithcing a DSL line and that distance is a lot shorter than a cable to node requirement.
You can sometimes get cable in the boondocks for instance where you cannot get DSL, but there's still a distance requirement.
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see previous answer.
(on service)
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Originally posted by railz
Again, not true. Check dslreports.com for some really bad cable networks. Oversubscription is a major problem even in small cities, and frequently my cable connection drops for no reason or is slower than dialup.
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this goes back to what I said earlier about being company dependant... if a certain area's cable company is sucking balls.... the service will too. But a company that runs a tight ship, (like RoadRunner out here) will provide exceptional service.
(on cost)
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Originally posted by railz
Depends on what upstream/downstream you're talking here. Most cable co's now work on the 128 down 500 or more up. DSL is generally at least 128 down 728ish up or more, so I'd expect to pay more for that.
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as far as I know, the dsl companies still require you to buy the gear don't they? Or has that changed for the most part now in order to finally compete for real?
