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nikeball · 08-07-2007, 12:16 PM

uummmm...there are many things different with DSL/Cable

mainly......
the speed of DSL / Cable (broadband) depends on where you are located.

Digital Subscriber Line -
uses telephone line to connect to internet..it is at a different frequency so you cant hear it.
speed depends how far you are from the main switch/hub (building). the closer you are to it the faster your service may be. usually upload/download is set at a certain KB/S. it also usually does not fluctuate..but is rather constant.

Cable -
uses cable jacked into the cable box (usually outside your house in backyard on brown telephone pole). the speed depends how many other cables from other houses are also connected. the more people connected the slower it will be. for example many apartment complexes boast that they have a "T1" connection..but so many people are jacked in that it is so slow..sometimes slower than dial-up. cable usually has HIGH download kb/s but uploads rather slowly (most ive seen is capped at 30kbs)..but certain times during high traffic i feel that it gets even slower.

08-07-2007, 12:16 PM	#35
nikeball Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: hogwarts - school of witchcraft and wizardry Posts: 2,301	uummmm...there are many things different with DSL/Cable mainly...... the speed of DSL / Cable (broadband) depends on where you are located. Digital Subscriber Line - uses telephone line to connect to internet..it is at a different frequency so you cant hear it. speed depends how far you are from the main switch/hub (building). the closer you are to it the faster your service may be. usually upload/download is set at a certain KB/S. it also usually does not fluctuate..but is rather constant. Cable - uses cable jacked into the cable box (usually outside your house in backyard on brown telephone pole). the speed depends how many other cables from other houses are also connected. the more people connected the slower it will be. for example many apartment complexes boast that they have a "T1" connection..but so many people are jacked in that it is so slow..sometimes slower than dial-up. cable usually has HIGH download kb/s but uploads rather slowly (most ive seen is capped at 30kbs)..but certain times during high traffic i feel that it gets even slower. __________________ i bleed burnt orange. Hook 'Em Horns \m/ Last edited by nikeball; 08-07-2007 at 12:18 PM.