kicking cable to the curb!!

[SoopaStar]

Our local DSL provider in Cincinnati is going thru major network upgrades. They will now offer a standard service speed :
3mbits down, 768Kbits up!! (for $41 a month)
The only reason I stayed with our cable company (InsightBB) was because of the 3Mbit downstream. But, in November, they changed the upstream cap from 384kb to 128kb. I don't care what they say, it has affected my overall enjoyment of both downstream and upstream traffic. I could get 384k thru the cable, but they want $80 a month for it!!

So, today, I signed up for DSL. been a cable user for more than 6 years now. Anyone want to buy a Toshiba cable modem? Only 2 years old :)

Paul

[blackwatch]

did the same thing...pay about half the money for dsl and just about the same speeds. i cant tell a difference between 1.5mbps and 2 mbps.

[davidw]

DSL - you're not sharing your bandwidth either. Wish I could get it.

[gino x]

I have DSL down here in CA - not bad, about 1.2Mbps avg speed :)

I still plan to keep dsl when I move.

[mholtum]

I was DSL for 4 years and now I am paying less for 5X the speed. I will never go back unless the speeds increase and the cost goes WAY down

[Mntsnow]

When I quit hosting my own servers I dropped my DSL but I can tell you my DSL was a lot more stable and consistant than my comcast cable connection. I brought Comcast into the home almost 2 months before the change cause I got a sweet deal on it for 4 months and then DSL rates dropped to just kick me in the pants again

[davidw]

That's like when I beta tested for Cox where I live, I paid $100 on the modem and $25 setup fee. When they fully offered it after everyone was "able" to get it, the price was $50 and six months free or Free cable modem with 1 year subscription. Phooey!

[gino x]

Darn Mntsnow :(
Yeah sometimes that happens.
I got SBC Yahoo DSL for $34.95, then they lowered the promo price for new customers to $29.95...then so on, etc.

I'd only use cable if my neighbors don't use it (but thats quite rare).

[SoopaStar]

got my dsl working 24 hours ago. its great so far. not hitting the 768 upstream (waivers around 500-650k) but that is WAY better than the 128k i got with insightbb.com's cable. I've been a cable modem user since 1996. This is my first DSL line and so far its great. I haven't moved my web servers over to it yet because I need to figure out how I am going to configure my network. I'll have cable and DSL overlapping for a month then its cable to the curb.
~3mbits down and ~500-650kbits upstream for $42 a month? I'm sold.
Paul

[mholtum]

I am CONSTANTLY over 3mbits Down. I have never gone below 2.8mbits. $34

[robin801]

i had dsl service with earthlink for 50.00 a month.

2 months ago i changed to verizon for 34.00 a month with faster upload/download speeds than earthlink.

i am such a happy camper.

robin

[BBA]

I switched to dsl because cable uptime sucked where I live. When DirectvDSL went out of business, I switched to cable for the better part of one day...the same old up/down problems and deterioration of bandwidth at night vs mid day just stirred up old hatreds for cable.

Now I'm with sbc dsl/static and I'm able to be happy, although it is more expensive.

[SeRi@lDiE]

hehehe
I been having SBC DSL for about 3 years now now they came out with new packeges wich I upgraded to! :D
I now get 6Mb/628KBps :)
For 39.99 :)

[gino x]

Great deal there for such a high speed - I guess DSL rates are kicking me in the pants once again :(

[Siliconjunkie]

Originally posted by Christian-Comp
DSL - you're not sharing your bandwidth either. Wish I could get it.

Too bad that is just a myth/wives tale. They are all shared bandwidth, just one is in your yard, the other is at the CO.