Cable or ADSL?

[SOB]

Don't remember, but don't really care Eagler.  I went to digital cable from DirecTV (which I loved), then to Dish Network.  My other problem with the digital cable is that they decided instead of having 1-1/2 hours of programming display on the programming guide at one time, I only really needed 1/2 hour and a bunch of ads.  And, like I said, Dish is cheaper, and around here I get ALL the local channels (minus public access) on the dish - ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, WB, UPN, OPB (PBS).

Kind of a side question - Does anyone from the Portland area know if DirecTV ever finally got KOIN (local CBS station) on thier local channels?


SOB

-edit- and to echo what Skuzzy said, great service, both local and remote.  I recently had problems with signal to one of the satellites, so I called the install guy - long story short, was a problem with the facia board it was mounted on...he fixed it and all it cost was a "thank you".  Also, downgraded my service a couple days ago from SuperDeluxeCouchPotato to lotsa channels and HBO...5 minutes on the phone from dialing to finished and when I hung up, my service was updated.

[Superfly]

If you can, avoid AT&T Broadband at all costs.  They suck sweaty monkey nuts.  They overcharged me several times, their technicians are total morons, and I lost connection 5 times in 3 months (needed a technician visit each time).  Needless to say, I cancelled my account with them.  Verizon DSL rocks!

[Gman]

Not sure about USA, but I live in the most connected city on the planet, which also was the test city for cable internet service.

Cable:  Very fast, a bit less expensive, free cable TV if you remove the filter from your outdoor box (tee hee!).  I see download speeds from fast servers of over 1 megaBYTE not BIT, per second peak, and 650 kps stable.  For gaming however, a lot of ping fluctuations due to shared bandwidth, and unpredictable packet loss/ping issues as well.  If you ping http://www.yahoo.com -t in dos window, the BEST I've seen cable do for me in 3 different houses is 52,75, 100,44,75 miliseconds type results.

DSL:  Not so fast for download, even my 4.5 down/1.5 mps up dsl was far slower than Cable.  For gaming, rock, ROCK steady pings, to servers all over the planet.  Using the example for cable, you'll see a page of 50 attempts all at 32 miliseconds, with less than 1% vartiation, and far less hops to the target.




If you are a gamer, DSL all the way.  If games aren't that important to you (ya right, you're on a gaming site), get cable.