this woman that worked at a dsl company said that dsl is faster because your connection is yours alone and cable internet connection your connection is shared throughout the whole neighbor hood at first i did not believe her that much but then my uncle told me this exact same thing. So which is faster and better dsl or cable anyways i think they were right because i got cable and my internet speed seems to flip flop every time somedays it is at 146kb while other times it is at 250kb it is supposed to be at 384kb .
2006-12-27 12:27:35 · 8 answers · asked by black white boy 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Depends. Find out what the CIR (Committed Information Rate) is and not the Maximum Burst Rate is. Most often when you are given a number it is the Maximum Burst rate, which means AT BEST, you are going to get this.
DSL can deliver this to you, but it is only as valid as what they have upstream. Cable is a bit different in that everyone on the same cable headend share ALL of the available bandwidth. Fortunately I live in a town with lots of computer illiterates and cheap people who would not pay $50 for cable so I have most of this headend for myself :)
2006-12-27 12:38:04 · answer #1 · answered by Cafetom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is an extremely complicated answer with the aid of fact "it relies upon." It relies upon on who your cable service is, who you have for DSL, how some distance your place is from a DSL station, what share different persons close to you have cable, and, of path, how lots each and every expenditures on your section. Your uncle and the DSL shop clerk are maximum concepts-blowing - cable could be inhibited by employing the style of persons on a node. yet they in all possibility did no longer point out that DSL has a diverse issue it extremely is in simple terms as vast of a issue - the farther your place is from the closest DSL station, the greater severe your connection would be (and slower). It additionally relies upon on who the agencies are. some agencies make investments distinctive money to make their networks very quickly even nonetheless distinctive everybody is employing them, and a few do no longer. From own cable journey, shape is terrible and Time Warner/street Runner is mediocre. BellSouth DSL is exceptionally good, yet EarthLink DSL isn't all that large. ultimately, it does rely on how lots it expenditures. If the DSL agencies are in basic terms mediocre and charging fifty 5/month, and the cable agencies are mediocre and charging 40 5/month, then pass with cable. the main suitable thank you to be certain is to ask your associates and human beings in the section who've been employing it for awhile.
2016-10-06 02:28:59 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if one is better than the other, but the speed of cable is supposed to be faster. If there are a lot of people trying to get on or are on line at the same time you are going to have problems with both of them! Peace!
2006-12-27 12:35:46 · answer #3 · answered by lainey lain 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cable has a very fast internet connection so cable, yes.
2006-12-27 12:33:08 · answer #4 · answered by Uski 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
All I know is from personal experience. And cable is better. To me dsl is slower. Plus I seem to get booted more with dsl. I miss my cable. ::::SIGH::::
2006-12-27 12:37:22 · answer #5 · answered by tooterbutton 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cable, all the way
2006-12-27 12:29:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
comcast cable is the fastest but dsl is also ok, the comcast has higher bandwidth...
2006-12-27 12:32:40 · answer #7 · answered by Ben 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
CABLE
2006-12-27 12:41:23 · answer #8 · answered by Nameless 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋