| Okay, so you are finally tired of those slow dial-up | | | | What about Price and Quality of Service? |
| internet connections, and you want to go | | | | There is more to discuss here besides the speed |
| broadband. Good deal. But first, you may be | | | | of the connections. Take price for one. Cable and |
| wondering which type of broadband connection is | | | | DSL connections are both going to be more |
| best- DSL or Cable? Or, at least, which of the | | | | expensive than dial-up. But, DSL seems to be the |
| two gives you more speed for the price? Here | | | | cheaper of the two at the moment. You can get |
| we take a look at these two popular broadband | | | | a good DSL internet connection for about $35 - |
| connections and try to determine which one is | | | | $45 per month. Cable modem will cost you about |
| better: DSL vs. Cable. | | | | $45 or $50 (this price may be included in a cable |
| Cable Speed vs. DSL | | | | TV package). These prices, however, are really |
| The most common question that comes up is | | | | close and they change almost from month to |
| which type of connection is faster, DSL or Cable? | | | | month. |
| To answer this, it is important to compare both | | | | DSL is nice because you can talk on the phone |
| upload and download speeds. Now, so you have | | | | and be online at the same time. In addition, |
| something to compare these speeds to, your | | | | business-level DSL service provides guaranteed |
| average dial-up connection is about 28 - 56 Kbps. | | | | data rates, so your connection speed is never a |
| Most often, however, you won't be able to get | | | | surprise. On the other hand, DSL speed tends to |
| 56k through dial up, as most services can not | | | | decrease the further you are away from the |
| handle this speed. | | | | data center, and it is typically not as widely |
| The average speed of a DSL download is 1.0 - | | | | available as Cable. Cable speeds are not |
| 1.5Mbps. That's megabytes per second - about 20 | | | | dependent on distance from the data center, and |
| times as fast as the fastest dial-up connection. | | | | is occasionally cheaper than DSL when included in |
| This is fast, but consider Cable, which can give | | | | a cable TV rate. A cable modem, however, may |
| you up to 2 - 3Mbps. Thus, at least for | | | | require costly professional installation, and there |
| downloading, cable can give you almost twice the | | | | may exists some limitations on downloads and |
| speed of DSL - that's impressive. On the upload | | | | uploads. All of these factors should be taken into |
| side, however, cable and DSL are pretty evenly | | | | consideration when choosing either broadband |
| matched. They both provide about 100Kbps - | | | | service. |
| 400Kbps. It seems that cable has won this battle. | | | | |