Cable vs DSL - what do you think..

[T-Man007]

Re: Cable vs DSL - what do you think..

Diggi - go to TOAST.NET and do this one since that's what the rest of us used.

[T-Man007]

Re: Cable vs DSL - what do you think..

4.2 megabits per second

Communications 4.2 megabits per second
Storage 518.5 kilobytes per second
1MB file download 2 seconds
Subjective rating Awesome

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Date & time Thursday, July 27, 4:27PM*
Test type IDT4 Free
Connection type Cable
Region Colorado
Data size 1024KB


Dude, I did this one 3 times and got 3 totally different speeds. I did the other one 3 times and got the exact same speed each time. I don't think this one is reliable at all. My lowest was 2.5 MB per second. Which, I know from downloading stuff all the time there is no way in hell I can download 225 MB's in 90 seconds, more less 378 MB's in 90 seconds. I download stuff all the time and I know those numbers are not accurate. Not trying to bust your balls bro, just saying why I know they aren't reliable.

[T-Man007]

Re: Cable vs DSL - what do you think..

Also, according to the site, T1 has a max of 1.54 MB's per second and there is no way cable is faster than T1. T1 is connected directly to the net, no servers to go through.

[Fit2bLarge]

Re: Cable vs DSL - what do you think..

connection speed and throughput are completely different, this is why speeds are variable

[Fit2bLarge]

Re: Cable vs DSL - what do you think..

wow, my computer science degree is kickin in..lol

[diggi]

Re: Cable vs DSL - what do you think..

All I know is that Cable Broadband is shared period..so no matter how fast your speed really is once your neighboors start going online your connection speed will decrease..also Cable is more vulnerable and can be easily hacked then DSL. Cable is shared while DSL uses its own dedicated servers.

[DJDIGGLER]

Re: Cable vs DSL - what do you think..

All I know is that Cable Broadband is shared period..so no matter how fast your speed really is once your neighboors start going online your connection speed will decrease..also Cable is more vulnerable and can be easily hacked then DSL. Cable is shared while DSL uses its own dedicated servers.

Regardless you still haven't taken the test the rest of us did. Go to that toast website and see how your service rates up against the rest of us. So far Jipped is in the lead by a decent amount!

[diggi]

Re: Cable vs DSL - what do you think..

Is this it.. ?

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[NATE]

Re: Cable vs DSL - what do you think..

I have cable and my speed SUCKS

Your Results:* 853 Kb
Bellsouth:* 1082 Kb
Avg. Results:* 1434 Kb
Adelphia:* 1512 Kb
Verizon:* 1531 Kb
Comcast:* 2134 Kb
Cox:* 2538 Kb
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[NATE]

Re: Cable vs DSL - what do you think..

ha, now its 902

[T-Man007]

Re: Cable vs DSL - what do you think..

All I know is that Cable Broadband is shared period..so no matter how fast your speed really is once your neighboors start going online your connection speed will decrease..also Cable is more vulnerable and can be easily hacked then DSL. Cable is shared while DSL uses its own dedicated servers.

Ah, that's why I have an encrypted router. You'd have to be one dedicated hacker just to get through an encrypted router. Which basically rules me out for threat. Who's going to go through all the trouble to hack someone home pc unless they are filthy rich? And even then, there's firewalls, passwords, etc. You'd have to be one dumb person to put anything important on your pc and safeguard it. IMO But, I guess it happens because identitytheft is outof control.

[diggi]

Re: Cable vs DSL - what do you think..

Ah, that's why I have an encrypted router. You'd have to be one dedicated hacker just to get through an encrypted router. Which basically rules me out for threat. Who's going to go through all the trouble to hack someone home pc unless they are filthy rich? And even then, there's firewalls, passwords, etc. You'd have to be one dumb person to put anything important on your pc and safeguard it. IMO But, I guess it happens because identitytheft is outof control.

Bro, your router might be encrypted and everything and you might be hard to attack with Denial of Service Attack it would reffuse the extra incoming packets, but what I'm saying is all you people in the same neighborhood use same bandwidth line.. so once you connect yourself to that bandwidth line your computer automaticly becomes vulnerable for attacks.. its a shared open line..