I've also had both. In addition to depending on the ISP, much can depend on your individual situation.
Our home is more than 80 years old, and the phone lines coming into the house, and through the basement, is quite old. During bad storms, the connection is *sometimes* sporadic. Also, the actual thoroughput of DSL can vary greatly, depending on your distance from the switching station (CO). We're actually more than 1000ft out of SBC's range, and although Earthlink is simply a resellar of SBC services, they somehow can "break" the 14k ft SBC rule. Our speed isn't the best, but it's more than good enough, given the low cost. Streaming radio has not been an issue. Comcast broadband was great, though expensive, and offered far more bandwidth than we needed. Plus, I wanted to get Dish Network for some channels I had been yearning for. At any rate, the ONLY problem I ever had with Comcast was with the splitter outdoors. To get the best possible signal to the modem and keep amps out of the path, a 2 way splitter is often installed at the head end; often outdoors, as in my case. If you get the optimal 15db (IIRC), 7.5db goes to the modem, and 7.5db goes to your TVs. Ours would fail about once a year, due to exposure to the elements. I never had the time or energy to move it indoors, or install a weather proof box. Both provide solid service, with faults that are specific to our situation. -- GlennT ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GlennT's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10243 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34900 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
