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Broadband choices by Reaper on 06-26-2006 at 07:18 PM

I'm considering changing my broadband, but i'm not too sure what to have.
I currently have Cable broadband.

I want to know what  service is faster between:
ADSL
Cable
Satellite

RE: Broadband choices by John Anderton on 06-26-2006 at 07:23 PM

adsl > cable afaik

I think satelite > adsl too .... not too sure tho ... cant you just google it :-/

RE: Broadband choices by Reaper on 06-26-2006 at 07:24 PM

I'm too lazy to Google :P

RE: Broadband choices by kao on 06-26-2006 at 07:33 PM

adsl and cable just work in different ways.

ADSL goes through your phone line down to the local exchange, Cable goes into a shared wire to the box in your street.

Two seconds of Google:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=difference...ntryUK%7CcountryGB

http://www.seg.co.uk/products/adslover.htm
http://www.dslzoneuk.net/adslvcable.php

RE: Broadband choices by GiantSpider on 06-26-2006 at 07:39 PM

Some places won't have cable, whilst others won't be close enough to the exchange to get the full potential of ADSL. It really all depends on where you live.

RE: Broadband choices by lizard.boy on 06-26-2006 at 09:13 PM

If you have access to DSL or Cable, you shouldn't even be consitering satalite. Satalite may have decent upload and download rates, but you can loose your signal during storms and overcast just like satalite TV. Also, when you initiate a download it will lag for a few seconds while your request is transferred to the satalite and back to earth, but once your download/upload is started it will probably reach its rated speed. The delay however, makes it feel slow.

The other flavor of satalite uses a telephone line and dialup for uploads, slowing uploads to a snails pace and once again introducing lag.

RE: Broadband choices by Reaper on 06-26-2006 at 09:17 PM

Thanks for the replies. I've narrowed down my choice to ntl (cable) ( my current one) or BT (adsl). Its either 6mb from BT for £27 a month with a 40gb cap or 10mb from ntl for £35 a month with no cap.
Only factor is the price.

RE: Broadband choices by markee on 06-27-2006 at 04:11 AM

I wish we could get speeds like that here in Australia. We have nothing close (to my knowledge at all) :(

RE: Broadband choices by John Anderton on 06-27-2006 at 06:26 AM

quote:
Originally posted by markee
I wish we could get speeds like that here in Australia. We have nothing close (to my knowledge at all) :(
Australia has quite good speeds but it depends on where you live, how much you can shell out and a few other things :P

There are worse places to be in the world (internet connection-wise), trust me ;)

quote:
Originally posted by Reaper
I'm too lazy to Google :P
Or do you just wanna post spam :refuck: You can write 2 posts but not a google search? :P
RE: Broadband choices by kao on 06-27-2006 at 10:53 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Reaper
Thanks for the replies. I've narrowed down my choice to ntl (cable) ( my current one) or BT (adsl). Its either 6mb from BT for £27 a month with a 40gb cap or 10mb from ntl for £35 a month with no cap.
Only factor is the price.
If you go for dsl, DON'T get BT, go with another company that uses BT lines. BT suck.

http://www.adslgide.org.uk
http://www.samknows.com/broadband/index.php
RE: Broadband choices by Mentality on 06-27-2006 at 11:04 AM

quote:
Originally posted by kao
adsl and cable just work in different ways.

ADSL goes through your phone line down to the local exchange, Cable goes into a shared wire to the box in your street.

Two seconds of Google:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=difference...ntryUK%7CcountryGB

http://www.seg.co.uk/products/adslover.htm
http://www.dslzoneuk.net/adslvcable.php

Yes but with with cable when lots of people people using the internet in your street at one time, you get a slower connection.

This doesn't happen with ADSL so there is a difference if you consider it from that point of view.

I use cable though and this doesnt hapen much. :P
RE: Broadband choices by kao on 06-27-2006 at 11:34 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Mentality
quote:
Originally posted by kao
adsl and cable just work in different ways.

ADSL goes through your phone line down to the local exchange, Cable goes into a shared wire to the box in your street.

Two seconds of Google:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=difference...ntryUK%7CcountryGB

http://www.seg.co.uk/products/adslover.htm
http://www.dslzoneuk.net/adslvcable.php

Yes but with with cable when lots of people people using the internet in your street at one time, you get a slower connection.

This doesn't happen with ADSL so there is a difference if you consider it from that point of view.

I use cable though and this doesnt hapen much. :P
I never said it didnt, i said cable uses shared lines. I meant that BT dsl is lame.
RE: Broadband choices by Mentality on 06-27-2006 at 11:31 PM

quote:
Originally posted by kao
I meant that BT dsl is lame.

So True - Nuff Said
RE: Broadband choices by qune on 06-28-2006 at 09:22 AM

If any of your ISP's support ADSL2+ technology then definitely go with that... a month ago i went from 1Mb/512Kb (ADSL) to 15Mb/1Mb (ADSL2+) with a new ISP and I can't be more happy with that... the cap is basically like when everyone went from dial-up to ADSL... the pricing is actually the same (additional features cost more of course)...

you wont regret it when you can download with more than 1,6 megabytes a second...;)