Cable or Dsl; and some cable questions

Dub me a newbie, but I heard cable is faster for uploading and DSL is faster for downloading ; Is this correct ?

Further dub me a newbie, but I have a Cable Modem PCX220(toshiba) and I have some questions ;

Is there a default speed on cable? or what speed should I be expecting.

can someone explain to me the concept of the whole it

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Cable is technically faster than DSL...a lot faster but DSL can be better for you during peak internet usage. DSL connection speed depends how far you from your ISPs central office.....i believe beyond 14,000 feet the connection is not valid. Cable speed doesn't depend on how far out you are from your ISP....it depends on how many people are on at a given time...the more the less merrier. It also depends on what package you get from your ISP. My DSL package is 1.5mbs download and 256Kpbs upload and i am 10,080 feet from my central office....which is pretty far so my speed gets sacrificed intensely.

 

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Actually, it depends on what kind of DSL you are referring to. There are kinds of DSL that are faster than cable (VDSL can go up to 52 Mbps download, 6.4 Mbps upload). However, G.Lite and ADSL are the versions used most often in the home, and they are anywhere from 0.512 Mbps to 8 Mbps. Cable is maxed at 36 Mbps download and 10Mbps upload. These of course are the mediums max speed and you will never get transfers this fast unless you own a dedicated ISP.

 

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What about T3 connection?

 

If you live in a densly populated neighborhood and you're getting a cable modem because your neighbord told you it was great...then I would skip cable. Like sarge said, your speed might fall below a simple DSL speed around 8 or 9 oclock, or the time when EVERYONE is using the Interent. BUT with cable it'll be faster than DSL when there isn't a lot of neighborhood internet traffic.

I live in a development in New Jersey, so it's pretty crowded over here. I don't know anyone (in real life) who has cable near me for the reason that there's a lot of homes in a small area. We have 1.5mbs DSL download...not sure what the upload is but people can download from me at 45 kilobytes per second and the speed is stable. With DSL, your speeds are what basically what you pay for. With Cable, you can have extremelly fast speeds or slower speeds.

btw, I don't know if this is an issue with Cable, but my speeds are actually a bit lower than what we pay for....the company calls it "overhead." So we pay for a 1.5mbs download speed but it top speed is only 1.2mbs.

 

Your connection is only as fast as the connection of the computer from which you are downloading.

Weather it be a website or an mp3 - you're downloading it.

If you want the fastest connection you MUST have cable. DSL is no in way whatsoever as fast as cable.

 

Sorry I have to butt in again. It depends on the respective ISPs. There are many DSL ISPs that cap their connections higher than the cable ISPs do. By having cable it does not mean that you are going to get a faster transfer rate than if you got cable. It all depends on what your ISP offers.

You might also want to ask around in your area to see how each ISP manages their monthly bandwidth limitations. I know where I live the cable company actually shuts your connection off after you go over your limit. This is why I decided to go with ADSL, who, for the time being doesn't pay much attention to that kind of thing.

 

Testify - Yes, ISP does matter.

I just mean in terms of technology.

I mean let's face it - the speed at which information can travel THROUGH a 1000 mile cable for a DSL cord or a CABLE cord an an ethernet cable or a USB cable is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay faster than anyone will ve getting on the regular old run of the mill internet in like maybe ten years.

That's because there's weak links, and jamm packed tunnells everywhere.