What are you using as your Internet connection? Hopefully there are no more modem users.
DSL (Broadband)
Cable Modem (Broadband)
Analog Modem (Dial Up)
Other
What are you using as your Internet connection? Hopefully there are no more modem users.
Patrick Brown
Forum Administrator
D S L---- Here----
I have one not on the list: Direcway Satellite. Faster than dial-up....but not by much.
Unique 289FIA - Chassis #9229 - Viking Blue
T-1 link, at the office, dial up at home......big difference.
Rick
427 S/C , 427 Side-oiler, 4 Speed Close Ratio Top Loader, 3:73 Gear
#4279405
which is faster, dsl or cable?
my cable is very unreliable, and i have dsl as option, but hate to change.
thanks
doug
Doug,
Cable should be much faster than DSL, but after having both, DSL is much more consistent. I can't tell much difference between my DSL and the T1 at work. For me, price was the final straw...Cable $40 per month, DSL $15. Contact SBC/Yahoo if they are in your area.
Brian Carlson
Unique 9122 - 289 FIA - 351W with 8 stack EFI - Formerly known as the "Legendary Spence Car"
Brian:
thank you, i'm pretty tired of the cable's poor reliability, down 5 days in nov.
i'll check around and see what else is avail.
doug
I have cable (Cox) with zero problems.Originally Posted by dmiller
Robert
Unique Motorcars 289 F.I.A. # 9142
Southern Automotive 354 stroker
In general, cable broadband Internet is very fast and reliable. It depends somewhat on the provider and the neighborhood. Cable is a shared access system so if you have neighbors that are heavy users it will bring down the performance for everyone.
Patrick Brown
Forum Administrator
In all fairness, Patrick is right, cable reliability should be just as good as anything else. The fact that cable didn't work for me and you are having similar problems is likely just coincidence.
However, there is no comparison in terms of price if DSL is available in your area. We are in a new neighborhood with new lines and it is lightning fast. We'll see if that performance keeps up as we keep growing.
All in all, from my experiences I have been much happier with my DSL service than cable.
Brian Carlson
Unique 9122 - 289 FIA - 351W with 8 stack EFI - Formerly known as the "Legendary Spence Car"
Had problems with cable over the last 7 years with 2 exceptions it was a cable modem problem. If the modem does not clear itself routinely, it gets confused. To clear it -- unplug the modem and power supply turn off the computer (shut down) wait five minutes connect the cable back to the modem and then the power cable wait a couple of minutes for all the lights to come on the modem and the turn on the computer 9 times out of 10 you will be up and ruunning. Cable modems also fail and your provider can run a check on your modem while on the phone with you. In the last two years the cable modems have improved and I'm up 98% of the time(availability) I had one modem failure and got it replaced. Rent don't buy a cable modem.
Ralph
Hey,
I'm sick of seeing this old poll. How about a new one or erase this one pleeeeeease.
MIKE DEL
Your Warranty Voided Here...If you can't open it, it's not yours.
289 USRRC, 357 Magnum Windsor
cable, but very unreliable
DSL here.
-Geary
JUST got DSL to replace dial-up. Yee hah!!
Bill Stradtner, Portsmouth, VA
427 S/C #9442
427W Dart "Replica" Ford Engine
Dsl.............
I'm using DSL here at the shop.
Still dial-up at home
Have Fiber Link at work FAST, dial-up at home SLOW
Guess where I read the Forum
Work in Progress, 400+hp 351C CHI-3V Heads, Tremec 3550-2 5spd Coal Black by Greg & Jerry Porter
T-1 at work--fast, like a 427 SC.
Earthlink cable based at home--fast, too, but not quite as fast as the T-1 at work. More like a well prepped 289 FIA.
Earthlink dial up at the home of the SO--too slow. Like one of those old VW powered Cobra replicas.
Doug
YD,E./PNB
"Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood..." (Daniel H. Burnham)
Hey Doug
Some VW powered toys arent that SLOW
Work in Progress, 400+hp 351C CHI-3V Heads, Tremec 3550-2 5spd Coal Black by Greg & Jerry Porter