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Subject: DSL vs. Cable

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Jono

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Date Posted: 11:00:24 06/27/12 Wed

I assume that DSL = phone company and Cable = cable company, because that it what it is in the good ole USA. Because I work for a phone company, I would say we offer superior service. I've had 25Mb AT&T service ("DSL") for 4 years and it's been high quality.

Being completely honest, here's some things you can check:

- The fine print: if one says "up to" in their description of that service, while the other says they "guarantee" a certain speed (i.e. w/in a threshhold), the guarantee will likely have the backhaul traffic to support the speed they are offering you. The "up to" tactic is a tricky way to say they can get you 50Mb but you'll most likely experience speeds lower than that (although not dramatically lower).
- Ask the customer service rep the following questions
(1) How far away from I from the nearest service device? If you're under 5-6K feet, which I suspect you are judging by those speed offerings, you have a better chance of being OK.
(2) What are the peak bandwidth rates/congestion rates for the device I am being served out of? In other words, if he/she says they average > 85% capacity during peak hours, there's a chance you could see some slow down. Even though the person sounds like a dummy, they should have this info available.

That is all.

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