<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by TheRoDent</i>
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Cable isn't actually better technology than DSL. It's much worse. Users share the same cable, on what is essentially an Ethernet bus, and the bandwidth goes potty the more users get connected to the same bus. Also, due to noise, and other equipment interference, pings are very unstable.
DSL is a much more precise, and guaranteed service than cable.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
I have a thick juicy copper cable running in my neighborhood that is divided up into roughly two hundred 6 MHz slots. 125 is allocated to television. Of the rest, some is dedicated to uploading and some to downloading. Each 6 MHz channel is equal to 40 to 60 Mbps. My thick juicy copper cable carries over 1 Gbps in traffic. There is no distance restriction either.
DSL is very restricted to the frequencies it can use. In addition, it runs over a thin copper wire with very limited capacity. Third, if you have a fiber connection to your curb, you're in trouble because DSL doesn't work over fiber. Fourth, DSL has major distance issues that cable doesn't have.
Now the "shared service" myth. Did you know your DSL is shared after the first hop? Here, look:
DSL Person's modem connects to DSLAM. DSLAM connects to ISP. You have a shared line.
Cable Person's modem connects to ISP cable modem. You have a shared line.
Yes, my service is shared, but so is yours. If you are thinking your DSL isn't, well, don't let me bring you down to earth.
Now for the more users then the service goes "potty." DOCSIS 1.1 deals with that very well.
"Pings are unstable to do noise and other equipment interference..." Well, DSL requires you to put filters on your phone lines. Hmm. Everytime you pick up the phone you use the same line as your DSL line, just a different frequency. With cable, the channel is dedicated to only one thing: either internet, down internet, or up internet.
As for noise, well, lets see. I have a thick copper cable with thick plastic and aluminum insulation that is water proof. You have a telephone cable that is thin copper wires with a thin layer of insulation. Do you really want to know which one is more susceptable to noise?
Lastly, pings are unstable? Fascinating. How do you figure? Television is being streamed of the cable. That is literally VIDEO with SOUND. Want to know how many Mbps per second is that? Over 30. If the packets kept arriving out of sequence and was so unstable as you predicted, then one wouldn't be able to watch television. As a matter of fact, pings are MORE stable on cable than on DSL because of LESS noise and interference.
And to sign off, my personal experience. I have cable. Have had it for 5 years now. I've also had DSL while living in Waterloo when I go to school. That was a mistake. Cable was a better buy. Maybe it was a poor implementation, maybe not. You will get poor companies on both sides, so it greatly depends on how the company implemented his system.
However, all else being equal, you're far better of with a cable connection than with a DSL connection. That is why Japan, leader in broadband, offers 100/100 Mb cable that covers 90% of Japan, but only about 26 Mb DSL (with distance limitations).
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