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The overwhelming number of people I know in the US (including my mother) are all cable. DSL was only ever in the 3mbps down range, but cable easily hits the 10
by chrismeller 6y ago
The overwhelming number of people I know in the US (including my mother) are all cable.
DSL was only ever in the 3mbps down range, but cable easily hits the 100 range.
- eikenberry 6y ago(US, PacNW) I used DSL whenever available due to it's reliability compared to cable. With cable I'd have outages at least a few times a year (for up to a week) and with DSL I'd have outages once every few years (never more than a day). I always just figured the phone company was used to high uptime requirements (critical communications infrastructure) while cable was not (optional entertainment). When I last had DSL (2016) I had 40mbs down/5mbs up. Now I have fiber at 1gbs symmetrical for $65/mo.
- kevin_thibedeau 6y agoI had 4Mbps DSL once. Then the line went bad and I was moved to a crummy pair that could only muster 2Mbps. All within 1000ft of a CO with a straight shot through an old railroad right of way.