Does DSL **** that bad or am I missing something?

[Randy Savage 5,000+ posts]

That does blow. My DSL is MUCH faster.

Like I said, I'll get 450-500kbps at home w/ rapidshare d/l's, at work I sit at 40-60kbps.

Makes d/l'ing gay **** a hassle at work.

 

[cpierce 5,000+ posts]

I think rapidshare starting capping the speeds for people without a premium account

 

[_DjScrew_ 5,000+ posts]

Cable is faster period ...we carry more bandwith in the coaxel cable ....now a day theres really no need to have fiber to the curb ...the HFC system is so much smaller and we run much higher freq across it now ...we have what we call direct fiber links ...to hospitals,tv statio etc ...its a much tighter system now ...and yes i do work for a cable company
wtf? Why are many companies, naming Cox as one, UPGRADING their infrastructure to fiber optics and working on things like "fiber to the home"??

 

[Johnny Drama 5,000+ posts]

Comcast FTW

Not around here. They have shitty service and your connection isnt as solid as Verizon. On top of all that, I bet you pay more...

 

[Randy Savage 5,000+ posts]

I think rapidshare starting capping the speeds for people without a premium account

I has a premium acct

 

[Johnny Drama 5,000+ posts]

Whats up with that ping? It should be down in the sub 50ms range.

 

[Randy Savage 5,000+ posts]

Whats up with that ping? It should be down in the sub 50ms range.

I couldn't tell ya.

 

[zack39648 10+ year member]

i pay $30.00+tax for cableone 3mb \/ and 300kb /\

ive never had DSL so i cant compare

 

[TeamRetribution 10+ year member]

all company are being pushed to do that ...but it is alot more expensive than most people think .Honestly working in the field everyday like i do ...theres no need .cause you can only go as fast the server allows you ...and that does mean the server your on ....i just dont see why we would ..i mean we get crazy speed in the office ..and i get 8 megs @ the house ,but im not a gamer so i guess i wouldnt see it ..

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

it really does depend on what service you payed/paying

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

Comcast FTW

slow....sig check

 

[Haunz 10+ year member]

My DSL was slow as hell for the longest time.. like 40kbs.. friggn dial up speed..

Turns out a phone out in the garage didn't have a filter put on it.. and even though the phone was never in use it was still fvcking with my modem...

plugged a filter into the phone one day and BAM I get speeds around 280kb/s

 

[miker 5,000+ posts]

I have 1.5mbps DSL, and this is what my score was.. So pretty much true to what teh say teh are giving me.

 

[BoomBoomBoy 10+ year member]

My DSL works Great! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

 

[konechiwa 10+ year member]

yeah I get the speeds I pay for.

Cable would definitely be faster if less people in your area were on it.

That being said, I'm pretty sure comcast is going to start capping data...I read about it somewhere, it was something to do with "capping" something.

Just like all the cell phone companies "capping" unlimited data. Unlimited now means 5GB a month..