DSL vs. Dial-Up Comparison?

Question

I already know all about DSL and the speed, but i would like to know how fast is fast.

Lets say i have a 56.6kb dial-up connection, of which i only get to use 49.2 of the connection. I have a 5 to 6 times accelerator.

I might be getting a 1.5M connection.

Now lets say i download files that normally take 10 to 30 minutes to download on the Dial-Up connection i have. How long would it take to download them on a 1.5M connection.

By the way, dial-up has to lower picture quality(images) in order to increase internet quality(speed). I was wondering, does DSL have to do that in order to get high speed. Does DSL allow best internet quality without lowering picture quality.

Answer 1

about 47 seconds

for example to download a 5 minute MP3 on dial up would take about 12 minutes, and on broadband it would take about 25 seconds

Answer 2

The dial up accelerator doesn't work that great, especially when sending files over. It works okay for uncompressed data but most files that you download from the internet are already compressed. Dial up accelerators work by using latest in compression technology with caching technology.

Let's say you're downloading a huge file like 20 megabytes. On a dialup connected at 49.2 kbps you're averaging roughly 5 kilobytes per second.

20 megabytes = 20,000 kilobytes

20,000 kilobytes / 5 kilobytes per sec = 4,000 seconds

4,000 seconds / 60 seconds per minute = 66.7 minutes or about 68 minutes.

On a 1.5 megabit connection, you're averaging roughly 150 kilobytes per second (factoring in overhead and etc.).

20 megabytes = 20,000 kilobytes

20,000 kilobytes / 150 kilobytes per sec = 134 seconds

134 seconds / 60 seconds per minute = 2.25 minutes or about 2 and half minutes.

So as you can see. It makes a difference.

And about picture quality... it really only applies to streaming video. For non-moving pictures (photos), speed has nothing to do with quality of the way the picture is displayed.

Answer 3

Something that takes 30 minutes to download using dialup, you would be able to download in about 2-4 minutes...it would only take 30 secs to 1 minute using Cable.

Dont compare 30 minute downloads...try comparing 10 meg files. If you send a 10 meg file to someone via dialup, it might take almost half your day. If you use DSL, it might take less than 8 minutes.

Just imagine trying to download a game thats 250Megs? What about a movie? Sometimes it takes even a DSL connection a half a day to download a movie from a file sharing site. For dialup, you are looking at about 5 days to 10 days...if youre lucky.

Answer 4

DSL will be sufficient for what you're doing it has a slower skill than cable yet frequently on the upstream or maybe downloading you're constrained to how briskly the server provides it to you. once you're downloading dvds or finished sport pictures off p2p then you definately're gonna favor to carry onto the cable yet you could play pogo on 56k in case you had to

Answer 5

forget both get the high speed internet DSL sucks so does dial up. If you still have dial-up you live in a cave LOL

Answer 6

Move out of the stone age. Grow some balls and get either DSL or cable. Hook it up to a wireless network and watch porn from any where you have your laptop.