which connection is faster?

[72ElCamino]

Just had me thinking, what connection is faster to the internet? cable, or DSL?

 

[miata13B]

DSL benchmarks better but has more problems in general compared to Cable. . .

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

56k runs the interweb fine.

 

[LoudMusic]

There are different speeds for both. I have 1mbit cable at home and 5mbit cable at work. I also have 6mbit dsl at work. My boss has 1.5mbit dsl at home.

Cable seems more consistant.

 

[Burnout]

What LoudMusic said.

Except, I have 1.5DSL and I never go below 1480. Never. I also dont't have any problems, it doesn't go out or anything.

I've seen that in general cable will have a faster upload, though.

 

[Nasadus]

I have a cable connection:
8000/1000.

Eat your heart out.

 

[askia47]

me thnks cable is better. i run a 11 megabit connection

 

[Burnout]

Originally posted by askia47
me thnks cable is better. i run a 11 megabit connection

I hate you.

How come I can't get an 11MB connection?

 

[Shannon]

I'm running ADSL, so ha! Well, ADSL just implies that the download and upload speeds are different. I'm running 512/128k. I believe it's a 1.5mb line capped to 512k though as my stats show it as 1.5mb.

 

[Viper_Maniac]

I'm running DSL (dunno what kind. didnt know there were different kinds) and I'm happy. I'm running 384/128k. It may be slow compared to all your conn's but I'm not going to ***** about it. Its better than 56k.

 

[Shannon]

Originally posted by Viper_Maniac
I'm running DSL (dunno what kind. didnt know there were different kinds) and I'm happy. I'm running 384/128k. It may be slow compared to all your conn's but I'm not going to ***** about it. Its better than 56k.

DSL, ADSL, SDSL, VDSL and a few others I think.

 

[Burnout]

Originally posted by Shannon
DSL, ADSL, SDSL, VDSL and a few others I think.

Mine is actually ADSL, but to reduce confusion I call it DSL.

 

[emad]

In a week or 2, I'll have a 3mbps down, 800kbps up adsl line. The whores at my ISP failed to notify me that they were upgrading service speeds and that the modem that they gave me was outdated and thus wouldn't support higher speeds. So now, i have to spend a day or 2 offline sometime this week and then wait for the new modem

 

[72ElCamino]

1 more question.. is cable like a cat5 cable? or a regular looking tv cable.. and will cable work to play ps2 over the internet? thanks guys, im not really a computer person..

 

[Burnout]

Originally posted by 72ElCamino
1 more question.. is cable like a cat5 cable? or a regular looking tv cable.. and will cable work to play ps2 over the internet? thanks guys, im not really a computer person..

The signal comes from a TV cable, then goes into the modem and comes out as a CAT5 cable or USB, CAT5 being the best choice.

Yes, you can play PS2 with cable.

 

[alternatedayz90]

do any of u guys kno wat t1 is? my friends dad has it and his internet is like 6000 times faster then 56k(which im runnin on....lucky bastards)

 

[Burnout]

T1 is a type of broadband, but the download isn't actually that much faster than your avarage residential broadband speed. It's the upload on T1 people get it for. It's upload is just about as fast as it's download, which is virtually useless in a home enviorment unless he's hosting something.

 

[GilesGuthrie]

T1 is a leased-line, which means no contention. Every domestic service is quoted at the max connection speed, but it's subject to contention. I.e. you may have 512Kb, but you're sharing a 10Mb line at the local exchange with like 40 people, so you could drop as low as 256Kb, if everyone is contending for the same bandwidth.

With leased lines, you have that bandwidth reserved for you. No-one else can take it. It's a guarantee of quality of service.

You will also find that pretty much all leased lines are synchronous, meaning that the upload speed is the same as the download speed, which is very important for corporates.

 

[eddieturner2002]

Im running 576kb/288kb, not slow but not incredibly fast. When my dad worked at NatWest the net cables they used were huge. A 100mb download would take seconds, it was absolutely unbelivable. If only .5 meter diameter cables were running up the side of my house

 

[Burnout]

Originally posted by GilesGuthrie
T1 is a leased-line, which means no contention. Every domestic service is quoted at the max connection speed, but it's subject to contention. I.e. you may have 512Kb, but you're sharing a 10Mb line at the local exchange with like 40 people, so you could drop as low as 256Kb, if everyone is contending for the same bandwidth.

With leased lines, you have that bandwidth reserved for you. No-one else can take it. It's a guarantee of quality of service.

You will also find that pretty much all leased lines are synchronous, meaning that the upload speed is the same as the download speed, which is very important for corporates.

I thought that was only with cable and was one of DSL's strong points.

 

[Giancarlo]

The age old question.

The fact is, they're the same.

The only thing that makes a difference is with Cable, the number of people online in your area. With DSL, how far you are from the Phone Company.

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Originally posted by Burnout
I thought that was only with cable and was one of DSL's strong points.

That depends on whether it's ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) or SDSL (Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line). ADSL is more prevalent in the consumer market.