Comments on: The Truth About Cable (What They WON'T Tell You in Their Ads!) http://www.dansrandomness.com/2008/09/02/the-truth-about-cable-what-they-wont-tell-you-in-their-ads/ A little bit of everything... Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:23:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: AJ [Visitor] http://www.dansrandomness.com/2008/09/02/the-truth-about-cable-what-they-wont-tell-you-in-their-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-20 AJ [Visitor] Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:15:00 +0000 http://new.dansrantcorner.com/?p=8#comment-20 Yeah... I know... old post... but its the newest on your site man...<br /> <br /> Anywho... DSL is shared just the same as any other "internet" connection...<br /> <br /> The idea of getting a dedicated connection clear to the backbone is a farse... big one to!<br /> <br /> You may have a dedicated connection to the POP, or the box on the side of the road somewhere... but from there, agregation of links occur, and you as well as the rest of the oversold customers get sent down the same, bandwidth pipe to the CO, which then may not even have "backbone" connectivity... they may be L3 or below even...<br /> <br /> DSL frequently has equal, or more hops on a network than cable... <br /> <br /> Neither technology is that far removed from each other on the back end, the only major difference is the medium through which it travels, and the lengths of transmission degredation....<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Sorry... had to rant...<br /> and yes, they are both widely oversold! Yeah… I know… old post… but its the newest on your site man…

Anywho… DSL is shared just the same as any other “internet” connection…

The idea of getting a dedicated connection clear to the backbone is a farse… big one to!

You may have a dedicated connection to the POP, or the box on the side of the road somewhere… but from there, agregation of links occur, and you as well as the rest of the oversold customers get sent down the same, bandwidth pipe to the CO, which then may not even have “backbone” connectivity… they may be L3 or below even…

DSL frequently has equal, or more hops on a network than cable…

Neither technology is that far removed from each other on the back end, the only major difference is the medium through which it travels, and the lengths of transmission degredation….

Sorry… had to rant…
and yes, they are both widely oversold!

]]> By: mike [Visitor] http://www.dansrandomness.com/2008/09/02/the-truth-about-cable-what-they-wont-tell-you-in-their-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-19 mike [Visitor] Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:18:00 +0000 http://new.dansrantcorner.com/?p=8#comment-19 ummmm you get a max 2.5 meg connection with DSL, which you will only get if you are right next to the Central Office. If you are more than 10k feet you cant even get close to that speed. Even with repeaters its still going to suck. Fact of the matter is, cable is better and faster. ummmm you get a max 2.5 meg connection with DSL, which you will only get if you are right next to the Central Office. If you are more than 10k feet you cant even get close to that speed. Even with repeaters its still going to suck. Fact of the matter is, cable is better and faster.

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