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On Monday 23 August 2004 10:22 pm, Ronald KA4INM Youvan wrote:
> > I had service by my activation date he was getting 1.5 Mbits down
> > and 486 Kbits up on his equipment. Either way it's been fast enough for
> > me to switch away from Road Runner where I was averaging 2.2Mbits down.
> > Double the download speed wasn't worth the extra 50%/month RR cost me
> > over Verizon.
>
> Are you paying for the 1.5 Mbits down, or for the standard
> .7XX Mbits down?
>
> I get over 3 Mbits down from Road Runner as advertised, for
> $15 over .7XX Mbits down DSL.
>
> You will enjoy the better news server retention and completion,
> speed is not a substitute for retention and completion.
> I hope your DSL modem doesn't die.
For me at least, this has nothing to do with download speed. I'm checking out
the lag and buffering levels of the respective networks. Though I got to say
that today, DLS (for browsing the Internet) does not have one single point of
advantage, except less money out of your pocket. I should say in my
experience as I'm sure some would disagree. But I think that's more the
exception than the rule.
However I got a sneaky suspicion that when it comes to VoIP there may be a
slight advantage or higher buffering levels on DSL. When your data get's
buffered during normal Internet access, it does not really matter. But if
you're speaking to someone and the data is delayed while sitting in a
buffer... Plus we're talking about both up and down speed.
On DSL there's usually a lot less between you and the Internet backbone.
- --
Steve
"They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve
neither liberty nor safety."
Benjamin Franklin
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