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iroc409 · 08-13-2003, 02:08 PM

from adsl. got a cheap deal on a big company reselling the local company's stuff. and better than local, because they put all kinds of restraints on the line, these guys don't. it will be a hell of a lot faster and cheaper, but i'm afraid it's going to be a lot less reliabe

ScriptBall · 08-13-2003, 02:13 PM

Well, I just recently have switched back to cable, and I have less connection problems than when I had dsl. Go for it, it might suprise you like it did me.

SexxxyChat-T · 08-13-2003, 02:49 PM

I prefer cable over DSL

iroc409 · 08-13-2003, 03:11 PM

i prefer cable, because shit, around here you can pull 3.5+ mb downloads... fucking rocks. but it was down a lot. and this was a business line, a line they knew people ran servers and stuff on. but it was down like 2-3 times / week. one of my friends has had a new install, and had a few down times recently. ugh.

but yes, dsl is horribly slow. that, and since i hate the telco here, i'm saying fuck them and killing my land line as well. no sense, i have a cellphone, who needs the land line. save me $100 a month.

wargames · 08-13-2003, 03:15 PM

Never change somthing that is not broken

OFFBEAT · 08-13-2003, 03:16 PM

i prefer cable too. i get 2mbit/s.
that's way faster than the T1 at work.

plsureking · 08-13-2003, 03:18 PM

i get 3mb down 256k up on my cable. i've been using cable for 3 years. never one problem. i love it.

iroc409 · 08-13-2003, 03:19 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by wargames
Never change somthing that is not broken

that's true. but, i can save over $50 a month, and don't have to pay "the man" anymore. i spent about 10 hours of my time getting this line running, and cash on hardware for the line that i shouldn't have, and all i got was a lousy free month of dsl

i'm tired of the speed though.. it's broadband and half the time i don't get speeds a whole lot faster than a dial-up modem for file transfers... web pages are fairly fast, but file transfers blow.

edit: do a speed test on your cable line. here it's rated 2mb down/384 up, but i was regularly getting 3.5+mb down

iroc409 · 08-13-2003, 03:21 PM

oh yeah, they confirmed, it's coming friday. besides, $22 for the first 3 months? that's SWOIT.

plsureking · 08-13-2003, 03:22 PM

oh yeah, word of advice on cable. go buy your own cable modem instead of renting one. my cable co charges 15 a month for the modem but i bought one for 70.

i am using a netgear mr814 wireless broadband router and have all of my machines - and my neighbor's! - online with ease. the netgear has auto configuration. plug and play man!

4Pics · 08-13-2003, 03:24 PM

Cable is better unless you can get faster then the standard 1.5 dsl connection then dsl is better.

I've used both roadrunner & cox and they both haven't let me down. Maybe been down 10 times max over 4 years and never for very long (10-30mins max)

iroc409 · 08-13-2003, 03:24 PM

our cable modems are free with service, even the biz-class routers are. i have a router tho that i use as well.

Lane · 08-13-2003, 03:30 PM

cable is good

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iroc409 Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: midwest side, yo Posts: 4,728	i prefer cable, because shit, around here you can pull 3.5+ mb downloads... fucking rocks. but it was down a lot. and this was a business line, a line they knew people ran servers and stuff on. but it was down like 2-3 times / week. one of my friends has had a new install, and had a few down times recently. ugh. but yes, dsl is horribly slow. that, and since i hate the telco here, i'm saying fuck them and killing my land line as well. no sense, i have a cellphone, who needs the land line. save me $100 a month. __________________ <a href="http://www.iroc409.com/"><img src="http://www.iroc409.com/adv/120x60.gif" border=0></a> icq: 1 7 6 4 2 0 9 6 0 Gallery templates for ONLY $25! w00t!

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08-13-2003, 03:24 PM	#11
4Pics Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 7,952	Cable is better unless you can get faster then the standard 1.5 dsl connection then dsl is better. I've used both roadrunner & cox and they both haven't let me down. Maybe been down 10 times max over 4 years and never for very long (10-30mins max)

08-13-2003, 03:30 PM	#13
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