Cable or dsl??

Originally Posted by DazeeMazeeGraze

That's a big increase - did the cable company switch you to a higher tier?

Are there conditions with the phone company DSL offer like paying for the whole year in advance, or the rate is only good for 3 months and then it goes to a higher amount. Do you have to have other products to get the offer?

If not, you could always try the DSL and if you don't like it switch back to cable.

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At first it was a six month deal for 19.99 since it was brand new to the area , then it went to 29.99 then 36.99 and now 40 something( they just went to teirs )

the dsl will either be 14.99 or 19.99 14.99 is for a year 19.99 would be a regular since we have our phone with them..

Originally Posted by sharky

At first it was a six month deal for 19.99 since it was brand new to the area , then it went to 29.99 then 36.99 and now 40 something( they just went to teirs )

the dsl will either be 14.99 or 19.99 14.99 is for a year 19.99 would be a regular since we have our phone with them..

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Yeah, we pay 40 something for the net and basic cable is like 11.99

There used to be a huge difference between DSL and cable internet. That gap is closing, or has closed. Our lines are being upgraded and within a few more months we should actually be faster than the cable lines. I have cable at work, DSL at home...and maybe it's because of the network, but it is ALWAYS faster at home!

Price was a factor for me. I waited a long time for someone to offer a high speed connection for the same or lower price than my dialup, and I finally went with Verizon Yahoo DSL. $19.99 Activation and shipping of the modem kit, and then $14.99 per month with a year commitment, no intro rate or any of that BS. If third tier cable ever comes down to that price I may consider it, but for now I'm very happy with the DSL. Besides, I'm still running a 1Ghz Pentium III, a faster connection might be wasted on my system.

I had dial-up for years and just upgraded to DSL. I love it. It is just as fast as my friend's cable modem if not faster.

We have cable

Dial up!

I have just got my broadband router and the PC is now fully working with it - but my macs are still on dial-up until I can work on the manual configuration!!

We have cable....but only until DSL comes to our area (in the country)
My son-in-law is The Computer Guy in this area....and they have gone from cable to DSL within the last few months because of skyrocketing cabel prices...and they swear that DSL is FASTER!!!
Linda

I have dial up with same provider for about 5-6 yrs. When I was working we had a T1 line and it takes some getting use to just dial up. We have cable service on our road but yrs ago when it was installed a rep came by and said to be "I bet your glad you can get cable" I stated to him I wasn't happy that the cable lines hand so low on the power poles-why you ask-the wires are so low that say the UPS van comes into the driveway-the wires practically brush the top of the van!! And the fact that just the way our house is situated from the road it would be a task to get the line into our house. So no cable (we don't have a dish either)
Dial up has been working ok for now!

I had cable for a while and then the dsl came in and was WAY cheaper, so I went for that.. and really I haven't noticed a difference, but it seems to be more reliable. I live in an area where the cable would go out now and then but the dsl never does. There are different DSL speeds too, so the highest one should be fine.

We got DSL at the intro price but now it has went to the normal price which is still way cheaper than the cable was.

oh and also, I have cable at work and dsl at home, and at work it seems to be more variable whereas at home the speed seems consistent. And it's not that I work in a big office, there are usually 4 computers connected through the network, but at home there are 4 as well.

My DSL is every bit if not faster than Cable. I tried Cable for about 6 months and it cost more than DSL, and yet was not faster. I think there are 2 different speeds of DSL. I'm more than happy with DSL, but I would never want to go back to dial up.

We have DSL; cable isn't available in our area yet. My sister has cable, and I use her computer to go online when I visit. It isn't any faster, i.e., I actually find it slower, and she pays 1 1/2 times as much as I do. I have a DSL volume rate, though, and seldom download. Her kids download music and movies, so that might account for the difference.

I have had DSL for almost 2 years now. It was cheaper for me to get DSL than Cable internet. I think Cable in my area is faster than DSL, but since I got my new computer (3 GHz vs. 800 MHz), I swear my DSL connection has gotten super fast. I do wish the price would decrease, but it's definetly worth having because I do a fair amount of uploading and downloading.

Your DSL isn't any faster -- you just don't have the bottleneck at the computer anymore. It sure helps.

cable!!!