Logical security? I don't see any basis for any difference. Physical security? No matter what's in the cable (copper twisted pair, copper coax, or fiber), there would be little difference, i.e. if it's strung on poles, a falling tree would part it, but physical strength would make some difference. Putting the wire/cable underground gives it much better physical security.
Fred Holmes At 07:29 PM 3/15/2008, Stephen Brownfield wrote: >All this cable/DSL talk got me wondering: Is DSL any more secure/safer than >cable or vis-a-versa? > > > >Tom Piwowar wrote: >>>I never knock the competition. All I can say is that in Verizon >>>territory, you pay for 3 mbps, you get 3 mbps, or a reasonable >>>facsimile. >>> >> >>That has been my experience with Verizon DSL. >> >>I'm puzzled why Mike is so anti science. Knowing how something really works >>means that you can figure out how it will work, even under conditions that >>have not yet been experienced. With Mike's observational approach the best >>one can ever say is "So far go good." Observation brought us astrology, >>science brought us astronomy. Etc., etc. >> >>I agree with Mike that certain companies tend to underperform and that such >>compalies should be avoided until there is evidence of improvement. But that >>has nothing to do with the choice of DSL vs cable. Such a company would be a >>poor performer regardless of the technology they employed. >> >> >>************************************************************************* >>** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >>** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >>************************************************************************* >> >> > > >************************************************************************* >** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
