Bellsouth DSL or Comcast Cable??

councillor · 05-05-2005, 09:53 PM

About 1 1/2 yr ago I had both installed and tried each for a month and cable was noticeably faster... and went for cable but now have misc issues with Comcast and thought of changing to DSL.

What's the low-down on which is the faster now days...???

**JamesO** · 05-06-2005, 05:30 AM

Cable is typically faster than DSL from what I have seen offered. Unless the Telco has fiber to your house, cable will probably be the fastest option from my expierence.

If the Telco has fiber to your house, it will not be a DSL service, it will be called something else. I have fiber in front of my house, but it is not lit yet. In the next few months we will have Verizon Fios service with 15/2 Mbps and could get 30/5 Mbps if I was willing to pay for it!

What issues are you having with your cable provider, maybe it is worth working them out?

JamesO

**MD_Willington** · 05-06-2005, 05:21 PM

Cable is like a LAN in your neighbourhood...once everyone gets onboard things can slow to a crawl...

Cable has the bandwidth, but is not dedicated to your house only..

councillor · 05-09-2005, 06:23 PM

It's just that the price of C cable has been steadily going up and there billing dept. seem to make error's to there advantage every 3-4 months and the thing is annoying to say the least.......geerrrrrr!!!

I wish they didn't have the only game in this area for cable..

**johnwill** · 05-10-2005, 04:58 PM

I've had Comcast broadband for a few years. I've had a couple of stretches of several weeks where they had an intermittent issue and it took some arm twisting to get them to fix it. Other than that, only minor issues, and an occasional outage where they're whole area network is out to lunch.

FWIW, in spite of all the talk about cable broadband being shared and getting slow as more people are connected, Comcast has steadily raised our speeds, and when I benchmark my throughput at peak times, I normally get pretty close to full bandwidth up and down. We started out with 2000/128, then 3000/256, and now 4000/384. If it's getting slower, they've sure figured out a way to fool me!

shawnwilliams · 06-03-2005, 01:53 AM

If you could call in the tech support or sales dept of bellsouth and find out how distant you are from your nearest CO - they would let you know the distance - if you are less than 11000 ft. from the CO then PLEASE GO FOR THE 3M connection from Bellsouth - you will be amazed - you will get the speed of cable at dsl rates which is an awesome investment.

On the other hand if you are eligible for 3M connection but are not within 11000 ft. pls do not opt for it since you might have signal issues.

05-05-2005, 09:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
councillor Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: PVB, FL. Posts: 27 OS: win2000/XP Pro	Bellsouth DSL or Comcast Cable?? About 1 1/2 yr ago I had both installed and tried each for a month and cable was noticeably faster... and went for cable but now have misc issues with Comcast and thought of changing to DSL. What's the low-down on which is the faster now days...???

05-06-2005, 05:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
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05-10-2005, 04:58 PM	#5 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,748 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	I've had Comcast broadband for a few years. I've had a couple of stretches of several weeks where they had an intermittent issue and it took some arm twisting to get them to fix it. Other than that, only minor issues, and an occasional outage where they're whole area network is out to lunch. FWIW, in spite of all the talk about cable broadband being shared and getting slow as more people are connected, Comcast has steadily raised our speeds, and when I benchmark my throughput at peak times, I normally get pretty close to full bandwidth up and down. We started out with 2000/128, then 3000/256, and now 4000/384. If it's getting slower, they've sure figured out a way to fool me! __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

06-03-2005, 01:53 AM	#6 (permalink)
shawnwilliams Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9 OS: Windows XP	Bellsout would be great If you could call in the tech support or sales dept of bellsouth and find out how distant you are from your nearest CO - they would let you know the distance - if you are less than 11000 ft. from the CO then PLEASE GO FOR THE 3M connection from Bellsouth - you will be amazed - you will get the speed of cable at dsl rates which is an awesome investment. On the other hand if you are eligible for 3M connection but are not within 11000 ft. pls do not opt for it since you might have signal issues.

05-06-2005, 05:30 AM	#2 (permalink)
JamesO Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Fairfax, VA USA Posts: 2,289 OS: 98SE, W2k Pro, XP Pro	Cable is typically faster than DSL from what I have seen offered. Unless the Telco has fiber to your house, cable will probably be the fastest option from my expierence. If the Telco has fiber to your house, it will not be a DSL service, it will be called something else. I have fiber in front of my house, but it is not lit yet. In the next few months we will have Verizon Fios service with 15/2 Mbps and could get 30/5 Mbps if I was willing to pay for it! What issues are you having with your cable provider, maybe it is worth working them out? JamesO

05-09-2005, 06:23 PM	#4 (permalink)
councillor Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: PVB, FL. Posts: 27 OS: win2000/XP Pro	It's just that the price of C cable has been steadily going up and there billing dept. seem to make error's to there advantage every 3-4 months and the thing is annoying to say the least.......geerrrrrr!!! I wish they didn't have the only game in this area for cable..