There are several levels of DSL, some of
which are half the speed of cable. The level I use is the same speed as
the cable, but in real world applications it is faster. The reason is
because of how cable broadband works. The more people on the system, the
slower it gets. With DSL that limitation is not there. Many
providers offer DSL cheaper by offering a throttled down version, and it will be
noticeably slower as you say.
Charles Mims
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Around here DSL is noticebly slower than
cable.
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I pay $89 a month. That includes HBO,
Showtime, Cinemax, TMC, Starz, IMC and all the extra channels of the
above. (i. e. 8 channels of HBO, 12 starz, etc) Plus of course, the
basic channels, the 30+music channels and the sports channels. (Still for
the $89) That is *not* counting pay per view channels, of which we have
access to about 60 normal ones and about a dozen perverted
ones.
This same number of channels through the
local cable company would be approx $125 a month, not including high speed
internet if we wanted it. We had cable internet before DSL was
available. I've been extremely more satisfied with the reliability of the
DSL than the reliability and speed of the cable.
However, cable is not "dead". In many
instances it is preferable to satellite. Particularly if you live in a
neighborhood with numerous tall buildings that will block the signal. It
has its place. But for our purposes, we have had both, and satellite wins
hands down. Our picture is far superior than anything put out by the local
cable company including the digital boxes.
Charles Mims
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Yes, the primary reason for our switch is that the equivalent in programming through the local cable company is $20 more expensive than what I pay monthly to direct TV. Now, yes, I had to pay the initial outlay for the equipment, but I have long ago paid for that in the savings from the monthly fees. Jackie mentioned she gets 700 channels on her cable. It's nothing like that here. Cable users get significantly less channels (not counting pay per view or VOD) than satellite users. I recognize it's not like that in every cable market, but it is here.
area is definitely a big point because i think it was like 300 channels for digital in illinois and we had 49 cable channels here its 700 on digital and 75 cable channels someplace else it could be more or less
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