[Tfug] why not cable?

[Judy Hayes]

Also cable isnt available everywhere DSL is... I just moved but I was living 
in Vail, my choices (exit 281 south) were DSL or satellite... no cable at 
all much to my dismay, so gaming sucked... although I hate living in the 
city I can game again, so it was a fair trade moving back I suppose ;p

The satellite for me sucked, 1.5 second relay, so vpn, gaming etc was 
impossible, might as well dial up. As for the DSL the latency kicked my ass 
too... not NEARLY as awful, but not great. Cable from my experience provides 
the best gaming solution... again, only my personal experience.

Judy Lynn

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chad Woolley" <thewoolleyman at gmail.com>
To: "Tucson Free Unix Group" <tfug at tfug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 12:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Tfug] why not cable?


>I always heard cable had more latency, thus contributing to higher
> pings (or more deaths in first person shooters).  I've always wondered
> if this was true, or only true in some cases...
>
> On 9/11/06, Brian Masur <bcmasur at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> 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