If you would like to know, click here (http://www.2wire.com) for 2wire.com's bandwidth meter.

At the time I am posting this, I am running between 215 - 300 Kbps, on a cable modem.

I have been offered a DSL connection from my phone service provider, 750 Kbps at a slightly lower monthly fee.

I am seriously thinking of changing... :D

Any suggestions, opinions, feedback about DSL would be greatly appreciated.

I have a cable modem connected to my computer in my basement. However, I'm on my laptop right now, which is over a LinkSys wireless router. At what my LinkSys router calls Low, one floor above my Cable Modem, I'm running 336.7 kbps. I think it would be around 500kbps on my regular computer, when I'm not a floor away.

Oh, and if you're offered DSL at a lower rate take it! :D

CG

Is DSL supposedly better than cable?

I just hit 331 Kbps. :D

Originally posted by joespaniel
Is DSL supposedly better than cable?

I just hit 331 Kbps. :D

I think the average ranking is:

T3---VERY expensive
T1
DSL
Cable
56k
String and Paper Cups

Yep, that sounds about right. DSL is supposedely better then cable. But remember, if they advertise at 700kbps, but its really 500, and cable adveritises at 500kbps, but its really 300. :)

CG

No...cable is better.

It has a theoritical maximum of 32000k.

DSL = 1544k

;)

Of course...you noticed I used the word theoritical.....(Which is spelled wrong, btw. ;))

Oh...mine was 306.5 Kbps. But that's only to their site/server and not you actual maximum connection speed.

Im at 421k now that peak hours are over. ;)

They guarantee 400+ with DSL, its in the contract. So if it sucks, I could go back.

Has anyone compared cable against DSL? Preferences?

Originally posted by joespaniel
Has anyone compared cable against DSL? Preferences?

I perfer cable.

Newer DSL (and some older DSL too) usually requires dialup or log on. Cable doesn't. Cable is truly always on. It also has a higher potential then DSL. Even though its shared, speed with cable usually beats DSL during non-peak times.

Plus, DSL supports the bloated telco industry. They need to die already. ;)

Also...DSL has never been available in my area.....cable always came first. And doesn't require PPPoE.

Here are your results.

Status:
Test completed...
Bandwidth = 423.2 Kbps

That's excellent considering I have 512kbps ADSL in Israel :)

Status:
Test completed...
Bandwidth = 5291.8 Kbps

Yes - Five thousand two hundred and ninety one point eight. :p

That's at work. At home, I have a 56k dialup :rolleyes:

Who do you work for? ;)

If I told you, I'd have to kill you :evil:. Or at least tell you very, very quietly....

What is that, BTW - 5291. T3?

Corn, cable-DSL thing depens on countries. In France, DSL rules, for lots of reasons, amongst other ones:
_ Cable has upload limit, and it's incredibly low, something like 1Gig of upload/month. You'll pay a €1 fee/each overflown megabyte!!
_ Cable b/w is really slower than in theory.
_ DSL is 99% as fast as theoretically. I mean my line is 512Kb/128K and I can reach that throughput on fast servers. Whereas for Cable, they generally reach 80% of the max speed, with a bit of luck.

Granted maybe it's better in USA to have cable but not in France. The only advantage for cable is also to have lot of TV channels... But there's satellite too..

I all depends on your area. My cable company offers 1500/128Kbps for 40 USD/month or 3500/384Kbps for 85 USD/month. DSL around here tops out at 700/128Kbps.

Status:
Test completed...
Bandwidth = 972.4 Kbps
Bandwidth = 1003.7 Kbps
Bandwidth = 1297.3 Kbps
Bandwidth = 977 Kbps
Bandwidth = 1109.9 Kbps
Bandwidth = 798.7 Kbps
Bandwidth = 1234.5 Kbps
Bandwidth = 610 Kbps
Bandwidth = 639.6 Kbps
Bandwidth = 795.6 Kbps
Bandwidth = 667.9 Kbps
Funny how the speeds change up and down.

Mainly for Americans: Try this tester - http://www.broadbandreports.com/tools - I say mainly for Americans because of the locations of the test sites.
At Broadband Reports I get a faster speed:
1356 kbps download and 65 kbps upload.

Hohum, 295.7 Kbps.
My connection sucks, my ISP sucks....

A Question: when you're talking about DSL do you mean ADSL or SDSL (the latter is not available here for private houshols). If you got ADSL then one problem you have (that doesn't exist with cable AFAIK) is that the upload is much lower than the download (ok, most people don't really upload anything, so that isn't that bad.)

an advantage of DSL is that you usually get the same performance all the time (at leas I do), you don't have to worry wether your neighbours are all kazaa maniacs, downloading all the time.

I got ADSL 256/64 by the way, I can't test it right now since I'm doing a download. :)

HA! Read this and weep!

Status:
Test completed...
Bandwidth = 5904.5 Kbps



Beat that if you can
:evil: :mwaha: :p :p

Damn Pillager, I just tested and got 651 Kbps, and thought that was good...

Seems that once the bar downstairs opens, my connection speed goes way down. Too many TVs sucking up cable signal.

I think I'm going to get the DSL, mainly since its cheaper.

HAAAAA!!!!


What an improvement - 13.3 Kbps at home. Can any connection be so slow?

I'm sure there must have been some mistake somewhere....:p

Anyway, almost 6000 Kbps at work. :p

261, 3 Kbps. Loser connection. It was supposed to be at least twice as much. :(

Originally posted by KaeptnOvi
A Question: when you're talking about DSL do you mean ADSL or SDSL

No, when talking about DSL, I'm just referring to the whole xDSL technology... It can be (usually) ADSL, or VDSL or HDSL or whatever. It's just that it uses the copper lines... So we don't do any difference. We're just talking DSL-cable like we talk ice-fire, mac-pc, guy-girl. Although there are different kind of guys and girls...

Originally posted by Pillager
HA! Read this and weep!

Status:
Test completed...
Bandwidth = 5904.5 Kbps



Beat that if you can
:evil: :mwaha: :p :p

I just got 5904 again, and I just wanted to let you all know . :p :p

Still waiting for a challenger, BTW. :yeah:

I had cable for almost three years and switched to ADSL 6 months ago. No matter what anybody says it's not the technology it's the supplier you buy from and how well it has been implemented. I switched from cable because of the frequency of outages, techs that didn't even know if their DNS server was functioning and the like and email outage problems. The problems were monthly and sometimes weekly. I'm talking about a pretty major cable company that serves millions of clients. In the 6 months I had ADSL, I have not had a single problem, and that's how I have to rate performance as a customer.

Hehehe, I just used the one munzy reccomended in Calif:

1017kbps download speed
343kbps upload speed

Remember, this is over a LinkSys LAN. Damn, I love this thing. LinkSys + Cable rocks. 1000+ kbps anywhere in the house.

@ Pillager: I'm the new runner up! :D

I just hit 861 Kbps, since no one is online on a Sunday morning.
Originally posted by Pillager
What an improvement - 13.3 Kbps at home. Can any connection be so slow?
Pillager - did you really get 13 at home? :eek:

1170kbps down
349kbps up

I think this is around my natural limit on the LinkSys connection. Its a Sunday morning, about as quiet as you can get for internet congestion.

Actually, just looking at my LinkSys router, I think it transmits wirelessly to both my laptop and my PC, so both suffer the limits of a wireless connection (although the limits aren't bad---LinkSys says 11mbps! :eek: ). Despite that, one is a floor up, one is two inches away, so there IS a difference. :)

@ joespaniel: I guess he has 56k at home...but that still doesn't compensate for his work connection...:mad:

CG

Indeed, 13 at home, which is a bit of a fag.


BTW, did I mention my connection speed at work?

5904 Kbps, you know. :p:p:p

363.1 Kbps

And Pillager, a bit of what? :confused: :D

Originally posted by nixon
363.1 Kbps

And Pillager, a bit of what? :confused: :D

:lol: I noticed that also. My first reaction was, "What the...", but then I saw he was British. ;) :D

CG

Originally posted by Pillager
BTW, did I mention my connection speed at work?
Uh, no. I hadnt noticed. At all. :p

Dialup, need I say more.....
34.5 kbps :( :cry:

768 kbps DSL - 1.5mbps

I'm in the same situation as CGannon. Got a Linksys wireless conection from the cable modem downstairs.

2wire results: 415 kbps - not bad, the other PC will probably get something like 600

broadband result- download: 548 kbps, ok, good
upload: 634 kbps, pretty good.

I have a cable modem.

First test: 25.3kbps
Second: 37.9kbps

I've seen it go up to 54 at times.

I have a 56k modem.

I think dial-up and cable both fluctuate with the number of users on the internet.

DSL does not. Supposedly.

Originally posted by nixon
363.1 Kbps

And Pillager, a bit of what? :confused: :D

Tut, tut. Bloody Yanks and their so called 'English' :p

Originally posted by joespaniel

Uh, no. I hadnt noticed. At all.

No? That's a shame. I'll run it again especially for you.



It was only 5651 this time. :lol: :p

BTW, cgannon, your 'challenge' was woeful. Try to get more than a measly one fifth of my speed. :p

Originally posted by joespaniel
I think dial-up and cable both fluctuate with the number of users on the internet.

DSL does not. Supposedly.

The reason for this is because when people with cable are all in the same area, and on at the same time, it will flood the cable line with traffic since the neighborhoods are all sharing the same cable.

With DSL however your line is purely dedicated to your home alone until it gets to their main server, then everything is shared from that point on.

Most cable companies claim to have fixed this problem with traffic, but my friends still complain about lag at certain times.

My internet connection speed at work:
Bandwidth = 58.4 Kbps

Basically backwards from pillagers!

At home:
1356 kbps

HA! Losers :p ....

Read this and really, really weep.

I've just got this result:

:evil: :p

After several hours of waiting, I got a Bandwidth = 21.1 Kbps although I was using the internet at the same time...

Just to prove that it wasn't a fluke (and to boost yet further my ego) :p

My last round of gloating I promise.

Look what I got!!
Weep, Pillager, really weep!

:lol: :D

:lol:

CHEAT! CHEAT! :p

Your computer would have to be the internet to attain that speed!

Originally posted by Pillager
:lol:

CHEAT! CHEAT! :p

You're computer would have to be the internet to attain that speed!

:lol:

Damn, he didn't buy it. Worth the try, though. :lol: :D :)
No, honestly, my bandwith has actually risen to 530.2 Kbps, whoopee! :love:

Sorry, old chap, no. Didn't buy it. :lol:

530.2 kbps is really good though. Honest! :p

Keep trying... :evil: ;)

Pillager, I don't envy you..
All this speed and still no porn 'cos its at WORK!!! Haha!

:eek: IceBlaZe, that thought hadn't even crossed my mind! :eek: ;)

Even if I had such connection at home, I wouldn't spend the bandwidth gettin porn :P
It's much more interesting to open a 24/7 server for games, Quake 3 or UT server, or an FTP server. Concerning P2P, getting divx and games is more interesting than getting some courses about female anatomy ;) Plus I guess once you saw one film you saw them all eh, it should be working the same way for all movies..

Seriously, though, it is a real bugger that I have such a great connexion at work, and such a poor one at home. I get downloads speeds of over 300/sec at work, and then between 3.5 and 4 at home, which is where I want to download game patches, shareware programmes etc.

As I said before, it's a bit of fag. :rant:

A bit of wha.... Hehe.. :D
Buy a CD burner and burn all your needs at work!!.. Yeah...
...Bo(u)rn to be wild...

strange... got just 200-400 kbps with joespaniel's test, but with munzy's test did i get 628 kbps download and 1694 kbps upload :eek:. i thought i had a 10 mbits connection, but 1694 kbps, that's 13.5 mbits... http://www.gamecatcher.net/fora/images/smiles/incoherent.gif

Some sites will always give you different results than others.

Anyway...

MY DSL MODEM JUST ARRIVED! WOO-HOO!

Status:
Test completed...
Bandwidth = 1486.9 Kbps

This is at work, I am 10 times slower at home...

Originally posted by Pillager
I get downloads speeds of over 300/sec at work, and then between 3.5 and 4 at home, which is where I want to download game patches, shareware programmes etc.


Save them on floppy, etc. and bring them home! :D

CG

Yes, I often do. I'd rather take the connection home though. :D

DSL up and running, with Opera browser.

Zoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom!

2wire says I am running at 479-519 Kbps, but the pages at CFC are turning faster than before (with cable).

So far, this DSL is alright. :)

Good :D

Any British posters know how BT Broadband would score in the test? Approximately, of course....

Better than expected

Cable Connection

47.2 Kbps. Not bad for a 56Kb dial-up... :)

265 kbps. Zang, I'm on cable!

2290.8 Kps on a cable modem :)

Just tested my new DSL broadband at home, and got 478.67, which isn't bad on a 512/256 service, I suppose. :yeah:

on dsl i am usually at 4Mbps

1844 kbps on broadband

Status:
Test completed...
Bandwidth = 515.1 Kbps

My theoretical maximum is limited to 525/200 Kbps ... so that was quite well. Yet this connection sucks.