[TriLUG] Cable vs. DSL

[Greg Brown]

I have two different ISPs, both use cable modems, one here and the Raleigh
area and one at the coast.  My home connection is via Time Warner and I am
quite happy with it.  The basic service rate jump was a nice addition.
Sure, it's nowhere near as fast as my parent's "basic" high-speed with Cox
Communications (they get 17 down, 1 up in real-world testing) but it is fast
enough that I don't spend the extra $$ to upgrade.

On the coast I have Charter cable and, in two words "IT SUCKS!!!!!!"
Really, I can't stress that enough.  Each weekend trip is a new crap-shoot.
Will it work?  Maybe, if you're lucky.  The advertised rates are 3 meg down,
512 k up.  Last weekend the cable system was down almost entire weekend and
when it was up you might be able to muster 768k down and 24k up (no, that's
not a typo: 24k).  And the larger problem is ALL THE PACKET LOSS.
Literally, and I'm not kidding, perhaps 30-45% of a speed test will be
retransmissions.  It's killing me.  Literally.

So I'm happy with TWC, very unhappy with Charter.  I would have dumped
Charter by now but they are, literally, the only game in town.  Embarq has a
DSL offering but I've tried it and the throughputs and up vs. down times are
worse if you can believe that.

Greg

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Reginald Reed <reginald.reed at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Well its fairly difficult to get specific information from TWC on Biz
> Class services.  One of the guys I work with actually talked to a
> sales person and they didn't believe the price was what it is.
>
> On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 9:31 AM, Ron Young <ronyoung at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> > What does it cost?  I could not seem to find pricing on their website
> > yesterday?
> >
> > Ron
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 9:28 AM, Reginald Reed <reginald.reed at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I just upgrade my TWC Biz Class connection at home from 7/1 to 15/2
> *gasp!*
> >>
> >> I'm loving the new connection and I don't think it has the same
> >> restrictions as the residential service.
> >>
> >> speakeasy.net/speedtest produced the following yesterday:
> >>
> >> Last Result:
> >> Download Speed: 14619 kbps (1827.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
> >> Upload Speed: 1942 kbps (242.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
> >>
> >> Needless to say, I'm thrilled with the increased bandwidth.
> >>
> >> --Reggie
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 9:00 AM, Lee Fickenscher <elfick at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> > Hey all,I'm moving soon and with all the wonderful decisions Time
> Warner
> >> has
> >> > made lately I'm looking to change my connectivity provider.
> >> > What I'd like to do is take an informal poll of the percentage of
> >> advertised
> >> > bandwidth that people are actually getting.
> >> > So either in this thread or offline send me your provider's name, your
> >> > general location, your advertised speed, and your actual speed.
> >> > If you are really gung-ho and interested in this you can take multiple
> >> > readings and send them with a time stamp, but a single one will work
> for
> >> my
> >> > non-scientific poll also.
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Lee
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