[Tfug] why not cable?

[Brian Masur]

Hey everyone.  I'm always seeing articles about DSL on tfug.org.  Why don't 
you want cable?  I see DSL, at roughly the cheapest of $25/month like qwest. 
  Cox and Comcast is roughly $40 per  month and 4 times faster or even more 
faster.  $50 per month if you do not have cable TV, which would likely be my 
situation if I wasn't getting a neighbor's wifi-g link for free.

Even then, many parts of the inner city businesses of Tucson, (you might 
think Qwest would care of them) can't even get 256kbps (may as well use 
dial-up)...
1.5mbps is SLOW.  I often get faster on comcast cable than DSL's physical 
limit of 7mbps.  Cable's physical limit is roughly 40+ X faster than DSL.

I ask again, why pay for DSL in tucson when cable is at least four times 
faster for only twice the cost or less?  Same for everywhere else in USA I 
have ever lived.  And cable is available wherever DSL is, and further.  
Cable has a longer range as a standard from CO, by about 3x.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm probably right for everyone I've lived in 
USA.  Cable is better than DSL short of being free.

Interested in seeing your responses!
Brian