Internet Connection!

[Anonymous]

I have Adelphia Cable it is the fastest type in my area. I love it and wouldnt trade it for any thing!!! Not bad for 42.00 @ month

[jfugate]

So Mark, is it you or just the railroad that is set in Western Montana?

[:D]

[PennsyHoosier]

DSL will get the job done okay. Cable is better. T1 or T3 better still, but generally beyond the means of individuals.

As to firewalls, what Bob and Andre said.
[#ditto]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by PennsyHoosier

DSL will get the job done okay. Cable is better. T1 or T3 better still, but generally beyond the means of individuals.

As to firewalls, what Bob and Andre said.
[#ditto]

Your right about cable,My boss today told me about it and from what I understand cable internet is so much faster than DSL anyday. And he goes through Omaha cox,You talk about FAST!

[CBQ_Guy]

I've got a cable modem connection but it's not Cox. Around here we have Insight Broadband and Cable(TV)

And it's worth every penny. Would/Could NOT ever go back to dial up. I'd pitch the computer first!.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by PennsyHoosier

DSL will get the job done okay. Cable is better. T1 or T3 better still, but generally beyond the means of individuals.

As to firewalls, what Bob and Andre said.
[#ditto]

My SBC DSL is 1.27 MBPS for $27.00 a month. Just how much faster is Cable?

[Anonymous]

I run fast DSL. 386 up and 3 gig down. I had dailup for years and while it was adequate, it was the source of all of my internet related problems. Once I switched to SBC DSL, I get a occasional security problem at my firewall otherwise everything runs flawless.

I did a paper in college on FTTH. This is the technology that will render Cable and DSL obselete and enable all homes to have internet service for a good price. 18 States already have some infrastructure in place and growing daily.

The only problems are servers connected to dailup and old machines (players) that cannot keep up with mine in a gaming environment.

The biggest benefit of DSL is I can browse the MR forums with a pot of coffee while the spouse talks on the telephone whenever she pleases. Dailup is a marriage issue before. Not anymore.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by BNSF railfan.

Where I live at now DSL is not so bad,It;s when everyone in town and the whole County starts using the Internet all at once and that's when the whole system starts to bog down. Now you talk about a Download nightmare! I would have to say that the BEST TIME to use the Internet would have to be between 11pm to 7am. (Just a guess). I have noticed a major increace in internet speed after 11pm,It also depends on the provider too.

May i humbly state that this is true when Cable is the internet source? The more people on the Cable at once slows service for all. There is only so much bandwidth to share.

With DSL you are literally "Hooked" into the CO with your own bandwidth.

Once FTTH arrives with it's awesome capacity we will all ride the light.

[Anonymous]

I currently use DSL, but in the past have used both dial-up and cable. DSL is my current choice because of the reliability is better than the cable connection I had, and it is still faster than dial-up, if not as fast as the cable. But, speed means nothing when the connection is down[:0]

Working in the IT industry helps with keeping everything safe with an always on connection. I currently have a hardware firewall that uses stateful packet inspection between my DSL modem and my home network, and each PC in the home runs its own software firewall, up to date anti-virus software, and anti-spyware software. With this setup, I've never run into any problems with the always on connection, either cable or DSL.

Cheers,
Dave