what's better dsl or cable ??

Question

i just upgraded to 6m. on my dsl line ,,i heard that dsl is better than cable it is true /?

Answer 1

DSL and Cable Comparison and Contrast
When evaluating cable and DSL services, you should consider the following:
Speed (advantage - Cable): Cable boasts faster speed than DSL Internet in theory. However, cable does not always deliver on the promise in everyday practical use

Which Is Faster?
Both DSL and cable speeds exceed those of competing Internet services. Are DSL or cable any faster than each other? More importantly, are you getting all of the performance you should from your Internet connection? Follow along as we explain the speed difference between DSL and cable and offer tips for maximizing your performance.
DSL and Cable Speed - Bottom Line
Cable modem Internet services on average promise higher levels of bandwidth than DSL Internet services, and this bandwidth roughly translates to raw speed. However, while cable Internet will theoretically run faster than DSL, several technical and business reasons can reduce or even eliminate this advantage.
DSL vs Cable Raw Speed - Advantage Cable
In terms of theoretical peak performance, cable modem runs faster than DSL.

Which Is Faster?
Both DSL and cable speeds exceed those of competing Internet services. Are DSL or cable any faster than each other? More importantly, are you getting all of the performance you should from your Internet connection? Follow along as we explain the speed difference between DSL and cable and offer tips for maximizing your performance.
DSL and Cable Speed - Bottom Line
Cable modem Internet services on average promise higher levels of bandwidth than DSL Internet services, and this bandwidth roughly translates to raw speed. However, while cable Internet will theoretically run faster than DSL, several technical and business reasons can reduce or even eliminate this advantage.
DSL vs Cable Raw Speed - Advantage Cable
In terms of theoretical peak performance, cable modem runs faster than DSL.


Customer Satisfaction (advantage - DSL): Even if a technology is popular, customers may be unhappy with it whether due to cost, reliability or other factors. Indeed, in the U.S. cable services generally rate lower than DSL in customer surveys.

Security (advantage - Both): Cable and DSL implement different network security models. Historically, more concerns have existed with cable security, although cable providers have definitely taken steps to improve security over the past few years. It's likely both DSL and cable are "secure enough" for most people's needs.

Conventional wisdom holds that DSL service inherently offers better security than cable modem service. Some proponents of this view also happen to be DSL providers. Novia, for example, claims

"DSL technology is clearly a superior choice compared to cable modems because DSL is more secure and can assure you access to higher bandwidth on busy networks." [1] One might dismiss such claims as a sales gimmick from overexuberant DSL networking companies. Yet one finds the same sentiment among many non-commerical organizations as well. At Northwestern University, Kellogg Information Systems actually recommends cable over DSL, but not because they believe cable offers better security:

"If ease of installation is important to you, KIS suggests a cable modem over DSL. The slightly more secure environment offered by DSL is not enough to justify the added cost and installation hassle." [2] No matter their origins, the claims of superior security for DSL all relate more to a perceived weakness in cable modem security than to any unique advantage DSL might hold.

Cable's Network Neighborhood
Cable modem service uses a shared cable line to provide service to an entire neighborhood. Essentially, all cable customers in the region belong to the same local area network (LAN). Without any security measures in place, anybody in the neighborhood might technically be able to click on their Windows Network Neighborhood icon and actually see the computer names and addresses of their neighbors on the service. If a customer enables file sharing on any drives, neighbors could even download copies of their data!

Although some cable customers encountered this problem in the past, many providers avoid this problem today by bundling security features in the cable modem hardware. In particular, basic network firewall capabilities will prevent files from being viewed or downloaded. Most cable modems today also implement the Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS). DOCSIS includes support for cable network security features including authentication and packet filtering [3].

DSL uses dedicated rather than shared cabling, and DSL customers in a given neighborhood do not appear as nodes on a LAN. From this, many have concluded DSL service provides better security. However, this argument is at best an oversimplified one.

Answer 2

Although I have never tried cable, a friend of mine said that DSL is a lot better, because cable can be really slow if many users are online.

Answer 3

It depends on where you live, if you live in a crowded location you can have cable and it can be alot slower than dsl, and if you live in an area with less population and have cable connection it can be faster than dsl.

Answer 4

Apples are very definately better than oranges reguardless of genus.

Every aspect of DSL and Cable are completely different from one city to another. When you talk about which is better you're only going to get the most general of information. In some markets DSL will be a better service in others cable. There are some things that are generally true about DSL and CABLE whever you go.

Price-DSL is generally a more competatively priced service, simply because the technology doesn't exist for them to be speed competitors without significant investment in their network. Most cable providers will not only offer additional speed for their higher price but will package other internet offers such as anti-virus or video conferencing to "Cadilac" their service.

Speed-Cable is a faster technology in the method that speed is measured on the internet. Generally speaking whatever you do with your internet connection will be faster with cable. Cable speeds often have differring upstream and downstream speeds to take advantage user-end needs in their flexible network. It's possible that your Cable provider's Upload speed will be lower than a cheaper DSL provider. of The Myth that cable service diminishes in speed with the number of users in a Lan comes from users that had the service in the 90's. Most cable networks now opperate in a Docsis format where each cable device is allocated it's bandwidth from the local area router individually and the number of cable users in your neiborhood have the exact same affect on your speed as the number of DSL users. The Myth that DSL service diminishes in speed the farther you are from your Network Hub is basically false. With more fiber-to-feeder networks in place virtually all of the journey your DSL connection makes is over fiber optics, the degredation is minimal, only subscribers in extremely rural locations would see any drop in speed because of geography. Speeds do vary, it's what they do.

Reliability-DSL, in most markets, is a more stable than Cable due to the redundancy in their networks and the additional protection to their physical plant. Weather conditions are more likely to damage cable lines as they tend to be above ground more often than Phone and Phone providers have priority access to lines when they need to repair down service in most towns. It should be noted that Relaibility of DSL can change for a particular customer due to modifications to the network. What was once a good DLS location can go bad very quickly if they splice a new housing devolopment to phone service, but Cable's performance is consistant, if you have good cable service you'll allways have good cable service, if you have bad cable service you will -allways- have bad cable service.

Answer 5

for the money dsl is just fine for me - it depends on what your doing and how much you want to spend - I've had sbc/dsl for a few years and have had very little problems and i think its a great value - my friends cable is faster but costs around 3 times as much as i pay. good luck

Answer 6

Cable is greater proper,swifter and greater stable than DSL, yet cable is often greater high priced, you will desire to be sure if the greater proper provider is nicely worth 20 money a month, or 240 money a year, to you. I went with Cable.

Answer 7

I've had both. I thought DSL sucked, therefore, I have cable. And I think it's better.

Answer 8

most all the people in my town or area have dish tv so I would say dsl is faster

Answer 9

NO DEPENDS OR ANYTHING! CABLE IS THE WAY TO GO! i mean look at the odds, Cable is WAYYYY faster, more reliable, but cost more. But id rather pay more and know my connection is not going to go down and that i have the fastest in the world, lol well as far as cable goes. by far cable.
PS DONT LISTEN TO THEASE PPL> 15MBPS IS WAYYY FASTER THAN 1.5 - 3.0 MBPS!!!!

Answer 10

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