ISDN/ADSL/cable?????

[bdog]

I am moving next week and I am looking into getting a faster internet connection. I am not really familiar with the types of connections other than hearing them mentioned. What are the pros/cons of each, and how do I find out which are available in my area??

[Dash]

ISDN I dont know much about, but its getting to be a bit slow and I wouldnt define it as hi-speed internet anymore

Cable, you share bandwith with everyone on the same node as you in your city, But its still pretty fast, I usually get 40-120k second. Also if everyone in your area starts getting cable.. then itll be real slow till company adds wires. Also, @Home limits your uploads to 15k to prevent servers.

ASDL, its max speed isnt as fast as Cable but it usually runs about the same speed, but without a limited upload! =), I THINK that you actually buy the modem as opposed to renting it, although correct me if I'm wrong.
**Forgot to say, with ASDL you DONT share bandwith, its all yours!!!! hehe **

Anyway Cable and ASDL are both the same price range 40-50 a month, And both are great services, just wait to see what your new location has for ya

[This message has been edited by Dash (edited 10-10-99).]

[chipbgt]

We just switched to a cable modem here (No. Ga) I a lot of the time your speed will determine on the company. for instance, Medio-One uses its Nodes to there full capacity (2400 users) before it sets up a new one, which can considerably slow down connections. However, the company we starts using, Prestige.Net, only allows 300 users per 2400-user Nodes in order to keep connections high. They just install another nose int he area when they reach there own limit. Even in the middle of the day here I get downloads of 190k/sec! So I think a lot of it has to do with your area, so make sure you check out all the companies =)
Hope that was interesting,

Chipbgt

[bdog]

Thanks for the info. I just found out about a company that offers adsl in the area for $38 a month with a $250 sign up/equipment fee. This sounds reasonable to me for that kind of performance.

[seti]

I'm on @home here in Calgary(can.) And the "installer guy" said they add a node every 500 users. Getright has shown dowload speeds of .32mb/s while dowloading mulitiple files (32). But I normally see 40-90k/s for individual files. Here it's $40 (can)/month....which is great concidering an extra phone line is $20, plus internet access ($20).

[Altima]

can you hook up more than one computer with a cable modem? For example can I have my computer hooked up to it in my room and my brothers in his room? Thanks

[chipbgt]

yes you can hook up more than one to the modem but you need to buy a CATV cable..which im getting tomorrow to hook up my dads...but i think if you wanna do file sharing or anythign lie that you need some sort of network hub. Ill find out soon!