Cable vs DishNET/DSL

[Trip]

Anyone have any experiences? I really don't like the cable company at my new house (charter) and considering other options.

Internet wise cable would max 5 mbps and dsl would max 3 mbps.

HDTV - Dish wins easy, but cable isn't effected by weather as easy.

[OneSickPsycho]

I have satellite and it rarely gets fucked up by weather... and when it does, it flakes out for like 3 seconds and comes back... Only once in 8 months of hard Florida rains have I had it go out longer than that... and it was like 30 seconds...

My folks have the Dish and love it... they've had it for years and have never had it go out for more than a few seconds...

As far as your broadband is concerned... how often do you max out your connection now? As long as you're reasonably close to the switching station, DSL will be fine. That's actually the fastest connection I've ever had...

[WARputer]

I have DSL at work and it's noticebly slower than my cable connection at home....is it the computer or the service .....who knows for sure ?

[Rider]

My DSL is just as fast as my cable was and I love my Dish HD. I rarely loose a signal and when I do it's less than a minute.

[Trip]

well the max connection for dsl in my area is 1.5 mbps, only thing that worries me about this speed is xbox live

[Cutty72]

Cable sux.

[DLIT]

well the max connection for dsl in my area is 1.5 mbps, only thing that worries me about this speed is xbox live

I was on 1.5MB DSL the whole time in Korea and I was fine with Xbox Live. I'm on a 3MB DSL now and it's the same.

[Trip]

I was on 1.5MB DSL the whole time in Korea and I was fine with Xbox Live. I'm on a 3MB DSL now and it's the same.

good to know, i may go that route

[JoJoYZF]

I just switched from cable to dsl about 2 months ago and the dsl is just as fast as my cable was.

[m0n1]

I hate Charter.I hate Charter.I hate Charter.I hate Charter.I hate Charter.I hate Charter.I hate Charter.I hate Charter.I hate Charter.I hate Charter. their customer service can suck a nut.

have you looked into verizons FiOS?

http://www22.verizon.com/content/ConsumerFios

im going that route as soon as its up in the neighborhood

[fatburg]

I think I'll be going with dishnetwork and att DSL when I get out there

[OneSickPsycho]

well the max connection for dsl in my area is 1.5 mbps, only thing that worries me about this speed is xbox live

The thing that matters with DSL is your distance from the source... a 1.5 meg line is only 1.5Mbps at the source. The further away you get, the slower the connection is going to be. Like I said earlier, my shit was fast as hell... but we were like 400 yards away from the switching station place...

[Gas Man]

Sprint's air card has DSL speeds...

[R1up0n1]

I'd go with cable modem only, but get Dish HD for TV.

[fatburg]

I'd go with cable modem only, but get Dish HD for TV.

so when you say Dish HD, are youtalking about dish network with HD, or the DishHD package from dish network?

we were originally looking at the America's 200 then adding HD for like $60 or 70 bucks, but then we saw the DishHD package which is just 45 HD channels for $30....none of those other 200 channels I never watch. interesting.

Then for $40 we can add DSL ultra, tho I'm trying to see if the "extreme" is in the area yet

[NONE_too_SOFT]

Satalite. when the robots attack they'll use cable to tie us into knots.

[Trip]

Dish + DSL = Epic Win

I am very very happy I kicked Charter out of my house.

[rider76]

Charter sucks hairy donkey balls....

[Shift]

Dish + DSL = Epic Win

I am very very happy I kicked Charter out of my house.

booooooooo DSL blows, my neighbor has it, can't even compete when downloading multiple videos/songs.

[Trip]

booooooooo DSL blows, my neighbor has it, can't even compete when downloading multiple videos/songs.

yes, but I am not getting ass raped by the cable company and I have a lot better HD television.

[OneSickPsycho]

booooooooo DSL blows, my neighbor has it, can't even compete when downloading multiple videos/songs.

All depends on your location my friend. The fastest connection I ever had was DSL.

[fatburg]

I've had DSL 3.0 for a week now, so far everybit as good as Time Warner Cable so far. Even the streaming video is smoother.

[Trip]

I only have 1.5 available here, its noticeably slower than comcast, but ok

[fatburg]

I only have 1.5 available here, its noticeably slower than comcast, but ok

Haha, my house so kicks your house's butt!!!!



I'm not even sure what that means

[Trip]

Haha, my house so kicks your house's butt!!!!



I'm not even sure what that means

:lol:

When do you come to K-town?

[fatburg]

:lol:

When do you come to K-town?

been here since Monday. Sorry I haven't given you a holler, been a hectic week getting settled in with the fam and the mother-in-law here also.