<p>Ok, so my family is upgrading from dial-up to cable/dsl. Does anyone know which one is better with costs and speed? I don't really know much about the internet other than the fact that I use it. I think our cable company is Comcast which is offering a 6-month thing at 20 bucks per.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot.</p>
<p>Dude def cable. for the 6 months at least, then it'll jack up to about 50.</p>
<p>i say go for dsl, its what im using... cable gets slow at peak hours</p>
<p>Not mine. It depends on where you live. If in a big city, then that might happen, but if cable usage is more spread out, definitely go with cable. It's much faster.</p>
<p>Which one requires less equiptment (modems, etc.)? And which one is easier to install?</p>
<p>Also, if i go for a 6 month plan at 20 bucks, could i just sign up for another "special deal" at the end of that?</p>
<p>Maybe if you threaten to go elsewhere.</p>
<p>I use cable and it works terriffic, but I think location plays some role :confused: I dunno :)</p>
<p>I've been on cable since forever.. and just finished dling 1 ep of anime at 850kb/min...</p>
<p>Really... what're your internet providers? And, any special deals you are aware of? My family is also switching.</p>
<p>depends where you live. where i live, cablevision is king. verizon dsl compares not! </p>
<p>theres also the triple play package if your parents so decide to change to cablevision telephone and tv too. </p>
<p>but then again, if you live in non-cablevision land, i cant help you.
though you should choose cable, its really better.</p>
<p>Lynda, that's a pretty insane speed...</p>
<p>ILECs and CLECs (The Bellsouths, Verizon, SBC, other local providers, etc) are still trying to catch up with comcast, cablevision, and roadrunner.</p>
<p>and i think a lot of DSL providers use PPPoE (the devil)</p>
<p>i recommend cable</p>
<p>I recommend DSL. SBC charges $15 a month for their ADSL service, and $30 for their VDSL service. Comcast meanwhile charges $50 for their cable after the 6 months are over. I'm on Yahoo's ADSL service, and Im paying less than I did for dialup and enjoying much better speeds. Coming from dialup, you cant lose either way unless you get "AOL for Broadband"</p>
<p>DSL speed also varies by distance from the provider... the farther you are from the main DSL uh... place, the slower your connection will be. Sure, some cableage may be more expensive, but think of the speed and possible package deals!</p>
<p>And all of the illegal downloads now possible!</p>
<p>Yeah... I'm listening to downloaded music as we speak!</p>
<p>That's all I listen to actually. 2000 free songs! I mean that I uh... paid for... yeah.. hahah shhh we'll keep all this d/l on the d/l</p>
<p>yeah if you live in the ny area, optimum online is amazing. However it's like double the price of dsl.</p>
<p>i use comcast cable and its excellent, but cable speeds tend to vary with location.</p>
<p>you should still go with the cable, though</p>
<p>Think of the music. And movies. (I download music, not movies though)</p>