We have DSL service provided by Verizon. It works ok. My wife recently learned that Comcast can provide what is called "high speed" service. I have been told it is faster than DSL. Comcast further offers telephone servce and television service, all for a sum less than we pay through Verizon and Direct TV. Do any of you have experience with these services? I dont care to change our services only to find out the cable thing is inconsistant or inferior. Thank you.
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Woodstock
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I have internet thorugh comcast cable. I'm pretty happy with it, but I'm sure there are some who aren't. How's your TV cable reliability in your area/house?
boogahboogah
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I've had DSL service here in Delaware since it started what, 4 or 5 years ago, and it's been great, more than fast enough & only down twice in all that time (once was a yahoo with a backhoe that dug up & broke a cable right next to the phone company switch office...).
OTOH, Comcast is much more hated here than the phone company. Rates have increased at least 5-7 percent per year without fail. I was at a customer's house helping them with their home network and the Comcast connection he had was Dog Slow. I mean really really piss poor. Maybe it was just his neighborhood ? Oh, and he had reliability problems too...
A DSL connection is your line direct to the phone company switch office, over your own wire, which dumps directly into their network.
Comcast is broadcast over a shared cable, so the more active your neighbors are the less cable bandwith you are going to have (it's a shared bandwidth system).
Of course all the usual disclaimers apply, YMMV, etc etc
OTOH, Comcast is much more hated here than the phone company. Rates have increased at least 5-7 percent per year without fail. I was at a customer's house helping them with their home network and the Comcast connection he had was Dog Slow. I mean really really piss poor. Maybe it was just his neighborhood ? Oh, and he had reliability problems too...
A DSL connection is your line direct to the phone company switch office, over your own wire, which dumps directly into their network.
Comcast is broadcast over a shared cable, so the more active your neighbors are the less cable bandwith you are going to have (it's a shared bandwidth system).
Of course all the usual disclaimers apply, YMMV, etc etc
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what boogahboogah said +1
i have dsl, phone and dish network all on one bill from sbc for under $100 per month. i love dsl because of the reliability. it's even been more reliable than my old dial up service way back when. the only reason i have a phone line in the house is for dsl.
i have friends who have cable and the speeds they're downloading are incredible, but dsl is fast enough for me. plus i absolutly HATE COMCAST. worst customer service EVER! i will never use them again for any service. BTW, i'm in norcal.
i have dsl, phone and dish network all on one bill from sbc for under $100 per month. i love dsl because of the reliability. it's even been more reliable than my old dial up service way back when. the only reason i have a phone line in the house is for dsl.
i have friends who have cable and the speeds they're downloading are incredible, but dsl is fast enough for me. plus i absolutly HATE COMCAST. worst customer service EVER! i will never use them again for any service. BTW, i'm in norcal.
